Barthes suggested there would be more than one of five codes that describes the meaning of a text, therefore he suggested texts maybe 'open' or 'closed'. He meant that the text is a big ball of string and needs to be unravelled
Open texts - are those that are open to interpretation and can have many different subjective meanings that are individual to the audience/viewers.
Closed texts - These are products that are produced with a singe , having a meaning in mind.
Levi Strauss: Binary opposition
- Man vs. machine is just one of the binary oppositions that Levi-Strauss identifies.
- They offer powerful levels of meaning with in a text and can summarise a theme of a film/product
- He highlights that several appositions can be presented in a media text.
- Good vs. Evil
- Male vs. female
- Dark vs. light
Vladimir Propp:
Propp was a Russian theorist who studied fairy tales and folklore. He also identified plot elements (31 genetic functions in total).He then developed this into an 8 spheres of action narrative theory. The most easily understood application of this model can be applied to the film star wars.
Having a Narrative will help me to create a strong piece.
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