Roland Barthes

Semantic Code:

This code refers to parts within in the text that suggests or refers to additional meanings. This is very common with Psychological Thrillers usually they have multiple narratives that the audiences may not all understand by just viewing the trailer alone. For example 'The Butterfly Effect' This is movie have several narratives that audiences might not all understand in by just watching the trailer because he does have a troubled and difficult childhood.

This is something that I want to put into our trailer as our main protagonist does have a past and I want the trailer to not show all of our protagonist secrets but do hint at them.


Hermeneutic Code:

This code relates to a mystery within a text, clues are dropped but no clear answers are given. The Hermeneutic code is mainly to frustrate the audience making them what to know more. An example of this is 'I know what you did last summer too'. This teaser trailer bring the audience in with there fast cross cutting scenes to previous killings, we hear the protagonist talking about how she is scared that someone is wanting to kill her. Every cross cut that happens the non diegetic music changes to a loud screeching and bangs. This brings in the audiences making them want to watch the whole movie.
This code is something that we are going to put in to are movie because we want the audience to have the sense of fear and mystery when watching our trailer.