6. 5. A reinstatement of the equilibrium EQUILIBRIUM DISEQUILIBRIUM NEW EQUILIBRIUM State of well being and normality between the protagonists Well being is disrupted by an outside force and has to fought to return back to the normal state of new equilibrium The outer force is defeated and a new state of well being has been acquired
9. We can look at text from one perspective and create one meaning
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11. The Enigma Code – where tension is built up and audience left questioning
12. The Symbolic Code – new meaning comes from conflicts/ opposing ideas
13. The Cultural Code – looks at the audience’s wider cultural knowledge/morality/and ideology
14. The Semantic Code – story has an additional meaning/underlying connotationBarthes said texts can be: ‘OPEN’ or ‘CLOSED’ (they can be unravelled) (only one obvious thread in the story)
26. equilibrium The equilibrium at the beginning of the story is the snowman living in his glass dome. It is apparent at the beginning of the short film that the norm for the snowman is to be isolated in his glass house.
27. disequilibrium The disequilibrium in this short film is when the snowman gets jealous of the tourist knick knacks and hatches a plan to break free to join them. The snowman uses many methods to escape free: digger, TNT, hammer without success. Until his TNT readjusts his positioning…
28. New equilibrium After the snowman falls off his shelf, he descend into the goldfish bowl below. When he thinks he is free to join the mermaid his glass dome again encloses him. This is now the normal for the snowman since he cannot go back to his original position.
29. Tries to save himself from isolation Encourages the snowman to join her THE HERO THE SNOWMAN THE TOURIST BARBIE THE PRINCESS
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