Using our new found knowledge of technical and cultural codes, we’ve been picking apart the “Kylo vs Han” scene. Everyone worked really well thinking about camera shots, angles and lighting.

REMEMBER:

It is vital you know the difference between a technical code and a cultural code.

Technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text, for example the camera work in a film.

Cultural codes are defined as symbols and systems of meaning that are relevant to members of a particular culture. (What we most likely assume because of the society we are part of.)

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