The 5 Codes of media

There are 5 main codes in media studies with-out these you cannot make a successful music video, film, advert.... etc

The 5 codes of media are:

1. Action Code: This applies to any action that implies a further narrative action. Foe e.g, a gunslinger draws his gun on an adversary and we wonder what reaction he gonna imply to the other character.


2. Enigma Code: This is the most common code that people know. It refers to any element in a story that is not explained and therefore exists as an a enigma code for the audience to find out and raises questions that that demand explanation. E.g a crime scene investigation/ CSI new york.


3. The symbolic code: This code is the annoying and difficult one to explain. You will only understand the binary opposites and complete opposites. Any element in a text that suggest a particular, often meaning by the way of connotation.


4. The cultural code: It's any element in a narrative that refers "to a science or a body of knowledge". In other words the cultural codes tend to point to our shared knowledge about the way the world works.


5. Ideology code: Is an organized question of ideas. An ideology can be thought of a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things, in other words a belief which helps explain the world around us.