Film Codes and Genre Conventions Preliminary Exercise

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 Symbolic Codes Closed Reading of VALERIAN Official Trailer # 1 (2017)


Symbolic codes are significant to the audiences because they can decode what's going on in the media product using them. They also decode them differently based on their social and cultural influences. These codes are very helpful as it helps show more than what meets the eye. They are used by media producers to add depth and further meaning to their media products. Some symbolic codes used in the film were costumes, lighting, setting, and hair.

The genre of the trailer/film is sci-fi as there is a lot of space setting involved; they also have aliens and different worlds.


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