Codes and Convention

What are codes?

Codes are signs in which we group with Genres. Codes are also used to amerce the audience in the movie. Codes assist the identification of a film.

What are Conventions?

Conventions are rules in which you must obey to when making a film, this identifies the genre of the film. For example in Super heroes movies “hero beats villain and saves love interest”, this is a typical Superhero film. The Convention may also set the story of the film.

Ingredients to use good codes and convention

·        Title of the film

·        Details of crew and cast

·        Film setting

·        Enigmas

·        Specific Genre

·        Theme tune