2. Proairetic Code• The ‘Proairetic Code’ refers to events which
foreshadow later events in the film. They may be
obvious to most viewers; however, this hint may not
necessarily appear at the very beginning of the film.
• From this, the audience can predict what will
happen regarding the events within the film.
• For example, at the start of Season 5 of Breaking
Bad, Walter White is seen purchasing a gun. This is
assumed that he will be using it for its predicted
function; however, this does not happen…
• In addition, this can also be applied to feature-
length films. For example, in ‘The Mask’, the mask
can be seen escaping from a box at the bottom of a
river, floating to the top – it is assumed it will be
found later on.
4. ‘The Dark Knight’
• Essentially the Jokers motives are not explained until the very end of the film, throughout the movie it is
referenced that large quantities of explosives have been bought or stolen in the last six months, members
of the mob have gone missing and most importantly why the Joker himself is interested in a large sum of
money. It leads us to the idea he is interested in making a profit from killing the Batman, howeverthisi sn
not the case when he burns his earnings and reveals how he is simply conducting his actions to display
how materialistic and self obsessed humans are as a species. It is revealed in the climax of ‘The Dark
Knight’ how all of the stolen explosives are being used to test Batmans morality and judgement by
choosing to either sacrifice or save two completley different sets of civilians (prisoners or innocents)
7. • This scene at the end of ‘PROJECT X’ that mimics a news report; references the youth culture
we have today that glamorizes bad behaviour.
• It also adds depth and severity to the situation, because we know the news only reports
important events, so it makes the viewer realise how huge his party really was.
• It also makes the viewer envision what they would do if their friends were on their local news
station because ‘Rise and Shine LA’ seems pretty generic and reminds us of ‘GMTV’ or
‘Daybreak’ and the character is also relatable to today’s generation.
9. Semic Code
• Is to do with the process of characterization. Meanings
can be interpreted through things like traits, action,
events, etc that helps to build the character and
contribute to how we feel about them/ how we identify
their roles and relationship within the text.
• American History X
• In this clip he has just killed a man for trying to steal his
car although he is trying to protect his belongings there
was no need for violence or that amount of violence to
take place.
• This man takes somebodies life and in doing so is
mentally affected by his actions as he would be
traumatized by the events that have unfolded. Not only
did he take somebodies life he allowed his brother to be
present which explains a lot about his personality as he
cares more for his feelings about black people and for his
belongings than for the emotions of his brother because
his brother, even though he never killed a man, he
witnessed it and he could even say he helped him kill him
as he never stopped him from killing a man which means
he is just as fault as he never saved the man even though
he did try to stop the attack from happening by shouting
at the man to not do this.
• This attack shows a lot about the character and from this
clip it shows that the man has now developed into a killer
and so it has changed from a hater to a killer.
12. Symbolic Code
Way things look; attaching meaning to that
specific thing.
In Revenge you would believe that Victoria (the
lady in red) was wealthy, well mannered, posh
and snobby. You would think these things in the
way that she is sitting (body language) and by
the mise-en-scene as she is sitting in grand
looking chair, in a big mansion and is sitting
drinking tea.
13. Symbolic Code Continue
You can also see that there is two ladies having
tea, by bringing in other texts (The Importance
of Being Earnest) you could see that they are
having a Comedy of Manners or sometimes
called a War of Manners. This will bring their
characterisation of being overly polite and
overly concerned with their own importance.
