Open narrative - is continuous e.g. A series programme.
Closed narrative - Has a start, middle and an end e.g. A film.
The differences between SERIAL and SERIES...
Serial - Is a limited number of episodes e.g. Skins.
Series - On going programme e.g. Eastenders.
Bathes introduced 5 codes...
Action code - Applies to any action that implies a further narrative action, e.g. a gunshooter draws his gun on an adversary and we wonder what the resolution of this action will be.
Enigma code - Refers to any element in a story that is not explained; therefore exists as an enigma for the audience, raising questions that demand explanation. E.g. In a murder mystery - whose killed who?
The semantic code - Any element in a text that suggests a particular, often additional meaning by connotation and denotation.
The cultural code - Any element in a narrative that refers to a 'science' or to a 'body of knowledge'. In other words the cultural codes tend to point to our shared knowledge about the way the world works; this includes other cultures needs, e.g. Not all cultures know who santa is.
The symbolic code - Difficult to explain, to understand I firstly looked at binary opposites.
Levi Straus.
Straus believed that the world was split into a series of 'binary opposites'. Essentially one thing can only be described in relation to something that is completely opposite. E.g. For someone to be attractive, there has to be someone who is ugly.
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Mediation - the way an individual interprets a texts.
Ideology - An organised collection of idea. An Ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things - a belief which helps explain the world around us.
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