Project 4: Barthes Theory - DYM 2

Enigma code:

-At the beginning you can't tell what is happening. The voice over and background are hard to understand and the desert gives us a feeling of desertion and solitude

-We don't know exactly why the man is being arrested, even though the voice over gives some insight into it.

-The officer mentions that he was holding an 'oxygen canister', and we don't know the relevance of this item yet, even though we see it confiscated in the back of the police car

-We don't know what the killer will do now that he is free

Action code:

-The killer is being arrested. we can assume he has commited a serious crime

-As the killer walks up behind the officer and we know he is going to try to kill him

-When the officer dies we amuse that the killer will go and kill more people

Semiotic code:

-The killer represents unrepentant evil, as he continues to kill

-The police officer represents good and innocence, as he is trying to arrest the killer and is unknowing when he is being attacked

-One side of the law is being opposed to the other

Cultural code:

-The killer is wearing black, which is a colour closely associated with death

-The police officer is uniformed, so we can see that he is an upholder of the law

-In the beginning when the sky is dark and the day is dawning we assume that an event is about to happen

Symbolic code:

-Good vs evil

-Law vs crime