Media language theories

Question 1

Steve Neale

Answer 1

Genre theory
Genres are instances of repetition and difference ( conventions).

Question 2

Roland Barthes

Answer 2

Semiotics
-Action code, any action that indicates something else will happen.
-Enigma code, some form of info is withdrawn from audience creating mystery.
-Semantic code,connations that give additional meaning beyond liertal description.
-Symbolic code, semantic meanings into broader and deeper sets of meaning.
-cultural code, external body of knowledge.

Question 3

Todorov

Answer 3

Narratology
1. equilibrium
2. Disruption of equilibrium
3. recognition of the disruption
4. an attempt to repair the damage
5. new equilibrium

Question 4

Levi-Strauss

Answer 4

Structuralism
meaning is created and narrative progresses through a set of binary oppositions. pairs of opposites that create conflict within narrative.