In class we have watched various different films that do not follow the typical conventions of todorov's and propps theorys yet follow the thoery of a french theorist Roland Barthes, he dicovered the Hermenutic theory in which the audience is enigmatic where the audience doesnt get the whole story straight away and have to ask themselves questions. The purpose of this is so that the audience builds up tension and it's kept like that until the end when all is revealed.
This is a brief explanation of the code and the code that can be pair with the hermeneutic code called Proairetic code.
The hermeneutic code (her)
- refers to any part of the story that is not explained fully and then becomes a mystery to the audience and the full truth is often not explained.
Snares: deliberately avoiding the truth.
Equivocations: partial or incomplete answers.
Jammings: openly acknowledge that there is no answer to a problem.
The Proairetic Code (ACT)
-also builds tension, referring to any other action or event that shows something else is going to happen, and which gets the audience guessing as to what will happen next.
The Hermeneutic and Proairetic Codes work as a pair to develop the story's tensions and keep the audience interested.
I cannot see your most recent post about Pirates. You are organissing ideas well - with a post like this (about Barthes) add thoughts as to how you might employ the theory in your film, then link it to a film you have researched which might act as a model for some of what you make.
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