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Narrative Theory

  1) Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Disequilibrium is established once rabbits are eating all the vegetables before the competition; it gets worse and worse until eventually a new equilibrium is established after the movie's climax 2)  ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐.☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐☐:� ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ ☐ ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ 3)  Three examples of "hero" characters : - Eleven - Tony Stark - Sonic (i know all 3 are random choices lol) 4)  Good vs Evil 5)  The winner often represents dominant ideas and values of our society. E.g. when a policeman captures a criminal, the ideology of law and order is established . 6)  Problem and complications create enigma codes . Naturally, the audience is curious as to what actions will be taken and how the problem will be resolved ...

Genre - Blog Tasks

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  Task 1 - Genre Factsheets 1) Genres are recognisable through the repeated use of generic/standardised codes and conventions . These codes and conventions are considered to be coming from the visual iconographies within the text. This is because one can either give away the genre entirely or a few work together to tell the audience what genre this is.  2)  Some genres have identifying features in their narratives that make it easily distinguishable to audiences . 3)  Period/country, director/star, technical process, style, series and audience 4)  Prior knowledge to anticipate whether they'd enjoy it or not, comparing a text to another, and using their knowledge of the genre to reject a text 5) Production, attracting an audience and marketing 1)  Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Chronicle, Super, Safety Not Guaranteed, and The Avengers 2)  Many films' topics involved real life events, like Superman and WW2, The Great Depression, and Spiderman and the U...

Reading an image - Media Codes

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  1)  - Fingerprint image - arrest/crime - quite unusual for a brand to promote something like this - creates a narrative of a successful upbringing from a rough area - Verbal code: "I am what I am"; authenticity, relates to the connotations of the fingerprint image of a steady rise in tough conditions - Lighting : dark, harshly lit - low-key lighting , lighting coming from the top ( top lighting ) - shadows possibly represent the dark/tough life they had to endure - light represents his hope and how he took control of his life - Typography : o's filled in - denotes /infers holes,  connotations of bullets as 50 Cent is famous for being shot 9 times - Non-verbal codes: 50 Cent's face - his facial expression denotes/connotes sadness and/or sorrow - perhaps due to the life he had to live - relates to the verbal code of "I am what I am" - Costume : his costume is quite popular/average in society as lots of people around the globe wear similar clothing - denotes...