Roland Barthes (1977)

7 narrative codes to help us understand how a story is put together

Enigma - Puzzle/problem/question which the audience will need to solve or have information about it, helps what's happening with the narrative.

Eye-line Match - Can see through the eyes of the main character to then see what they're looking at then back to the main character- Always at the characters angle (character, what they're looking at and then back to character)

Shot reverse shot - Focuses on a character saying something then going to the other character for the answer which is used in a conversation to make it look natural.

Match on action - Create an invisible to make it look real

Movement that basically is contained across another shots

The movement tells us something is going to happen

Action Code - Action signifies some action is going to take place
Tells the audience what action is likely to followkl