BARTHES APPLIED TO DOCUMENTARY

 


Barthes's codes are often easily found in most created media texts, such as Movies and TV shows, however some of his codes can still be prevalent in documentaries. The documentary I applied to Barthes's codes was 'Three identical strangers', as this contained evidence of hermeneutic, semantic and cultural codes, all which are theorized by Barthes. Finding Barthes's codes within a documentary was a slight struggle, but doing so has allowed me to understand similar to what I found from Todorov, that the narrative journey of a documentary can still be creative and enigmatic, as the aim of a documentary is still to entertain as much to educate. I hope to reflect some of these values in my own response to documentary. 

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