What are the code and conventions?

Remeber, codes and conventions are the defining features of a Genre- they are what makes a media text what it is. With moving image texts (Tv shows and Films). Codes and Conventions can be an element of:

• Mise-en-scene: Everything in the frame.
• Narrative/Structure: Story.
• Setting
• Character
• Theme: Ideas/Morals explored.
• Sound: Digetic(in the world of the show) Non-digetic(Not in teh world of the Show)/
• Cinematography: Camerawork.