Media- St George's Day

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Code and
Conventions
Findings Textual Evidence
Stock Settings
A long shot is used of a city to
signify where he lives. It looks clean
and a wealthy place to live. This
could signify he has a well-paid job.
It looks very isolated as you can’t
see anybody on the streets,
Cities, isolation, wealth.
Stock
Characters
The character we see at the
beginning appears to be a villain as
he is wearing dark clothing to
connote danger and mystery and
we can’t see his face properly. This
signifies he might be suspicious
and a criminal. The second
character we get introduced to is
also wearing black to signify he
could be dangerous too.
Criminal, villain.
Themes
In the opening we only see two
characters and when a pan was
used of one of them walking down
the road we see nobody else on the
streets. This could signify the two
characters were meeting up in an
isolated and dangerous area. The
voice over ‘I didn’t kill anyone who
didn’t deserve it’ signifies he
murdered someone and that he is a
villain and an evil man.
Isolation, death, murderer.
Narrative
A narrative is shown by the tension
between characters as the first
character we got introduced to said
that he murdered someone which
will cause conflict in the movie. It
creates an enigma as you want to
find out why he murdered
someone.
Tension is created with the
characters, conflict.
Iconography
A gun Is shown in the opening
which connotes death and danger.
This signifies the characters can’t
be trusted and they are bad. The
Weapons, dark costume, low
key lighting, shadows,

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dark clothing connotes mystery and
reinforces the idea of them being
villains as black connotes death.
Low key lighting is used throughout
to set the mood as being
dangerous and eerie. It builds up
tension. This creates shadows on
the characters face making them
appear threatening and risky.