TCOM 204- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)

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Meanings interpreted from a sign linked to other concepts/values/memories. Codes: rules/conventions where signs are put together to create meaning. A match and a globe of the world. Key signifier in the movie poster + what they signify. Narrative: telling of a sequence of events organized --> a story re-mediation: how older media forms enter newer ones. 8 charaters-- villain hero donor: provides a magic property helper: aids hero princess: reward --> hero / object of the villain father: rewards the hero dispatcher: send the hero on his way false hero. 1939-___ structuralist all stories begin with an equilibrium opposing forces are in a balance. Levi strauss structuralist an abiding structure is dependent on binary oppositions conflict between 2 quality terms. Syntagm an element that follows another particular sequence. Narration: how a story is told how material is selected and arranged story: all events in a narrative plot: everything visible + audible present in the film in front of us.

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