5 codes

1. enigma codes

- clues are given to the audience but no answers are revealed
- enigmas within the narrative make the audience want to no more
- no one wants to sit around waiting for answers that never arrive

2. action codes

- add elements of suspence


3. semantic codes
- apply outside and inside theory
- suggests or refers to to different meanings
- add extra layer of meaning to our text beyond its literal meaning
- (our music video....outside...freedom)

4. symbolic code
- creating symbolism in our text
- red connoting danger or lust
- help create tension and drama
- help to develop our characters
- yellow - putrid, unatural - sin city

5. referential codes
- intertexuality
- refer to anything in our text.