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Thursday 2 October 2014

The Prestige- Applying Barthe's codes

The Prestige

Enigma code
-Why are threy dressed like that?
-Why is there so much stillness or quietness?
-Why is the older man showing a magic trick to the girl?
-What's going to happen in the trick?
Action code
-Violent confrontation between two people
-Noise of the trick, e.g. the electricity
-The absolute silence after the trick
-The banging on the glass
Symbolic codes
-The darkness of some of the clothes could be fashion of the time or a indication of some character traits.
-The bird conveys innocence
-The black hats in the opening could represent dead magicians

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