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Codes and Conventions
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Genre
• All genres will have a set of ways that we can recognise them, similar features
• These is how we classify different media texts into groups
• These are called CODES and CONVENTIONS.
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CODE
• A code is like a really firm rule that is almost never broken
• There can be:– Character Codes– Plot Codes– Structural Codes– Cultural Codes– Production Codes
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CONVENTION
• Conventions are habits or long accepted ways of doing things
• These can change a lot as a genre develops but if you change to many or too quickly the audience may not understand what you are doing.
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Task
• Each group will find out about a particular genre.
• Each person will text one code or convention to the poll site when directed to.
• The rest of the class will try and guess what genre you have
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Example
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Example
• Television News
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Example
• Television News• Is meant to report true events
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Example
• Television News• Is meant to report true events• Uses interviews to find out information
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Example
• Television News• Is meant to report true events• Uses interviews to find out information• Has a presenter that introduces the
different items
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• Television News• Is meant to report true events• Uses interviews to find out information• Has a presenter that introduces the
different items• Uses reporters to present information
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• Television News• Is meant to report true events• Uses interviews to find out information• Has a presenter that introduces the
different items• Uses reporters to present information• Includes sports, weather,
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