Monday 23 November 2009

What Are Codes And Conventions

Codes and conventions are social mechanisms which are used to allow audiences to instantly recongnise a text and associate them with particular groups or institution. Moreover codes and conventions give media texts a overall meaning and can often determine the response from its target audience.

Codes and Convetions can be identified and separated in to specifc groups:
- Technical camera techniques & shots, editing & sound
- Symbolic mise-en-scene - clothing, colorsCamera - different camera angles, styles editing sound and mise-en-scene

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