Codes:
Codes are signs which have meanings behind them and they can
be in two different categories. These are technical and symbolic codes. The
technical codes is the way in which equipment is used to tell a story. This can
also be done by the way it is edited and the diegetic or non diegetic sound.
The Symbolic codes are seen through mise-en-scene, it is what can be seen if we
really look into whats behind it. This can be shown by a characters actions, it
can show how they are feeling or what the character is wearing shows what type
of person they are.
Conventions:
Conventions generally are certain ways of doing something.
There are general conventions like the use of interviewee quotes in a print
article, but they are also genre specific. For example horror films have the same conventions are were two characters are in the middle of nowhere and cant escape or get help as they're in danger
This is how Codes and Conventions are used in Media Studies: They are used together in any genre. It is not enough to
discuss a technical code used such as camera work and saying how it is
conventionally used in a genre.
For example, the technical code of lighting is used in some
way in all film genres. It is a convention of the horror genre that side and
back lighting is used to create mystery and suspense.
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