This document outlines different visual, technical, and narrative codes that can be analyzed in film and television examinations. It lists specific visual codes like clothing, gestures, facial expressions, and settings. Technical codes covered are camera movements, shots, editing, pace, and lighting. Narrative codes discussed include common genre elements, storylines, actions, and mysteries. The document provides an example clip from the BBC production Cranford (2008) to demonstrate these analytical codes.

1. EXAM QUESTIONS

2. EXAMPLE

3. Visual codes
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Clothing and physical appearance.
Gesture and body language.
Facial expressions.
Settings.
Technical codes
• Camera movement – use and effect of hand held
camera/tracking/panning.
• Camera shots e.g. use of close ups.
• Editing.
• Pace.
• Lighting – to suggest realism.
Narrative
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Narrative elements typical of the genre.
Narrative strands.
Action codes.
Enigma codes.

4. WATCH THE CLIP
BBC Cranford (2008)