Hermeneutic Code Essay

Hermeneutic Code Essay

In this essay, I will be talking about the Hermeneutic Code and the ways in which it is used in the film opening of Saw II. Hermeneutic codes are very useful in the film industry as they keep the audience occupied and interested. Some of the Hermeneutic codes which are used are snares, which deliberately avoid the truth and send the audience into believing something completely different to what actually is going to happen. Partial answers are used also, which reveal some of the final outcome but not all of it, this is mainly used to build up a suspense atmosphere. Equivocation are used as well which are a mixture of the truth and snares as well, this is used to also make the audience think completely different of what the outcome will be. There is also a code called jamming but isn't used a lot as it is a code which suggests to the audience that there is a problem which may be completely unsolvable. I will be talking about how Saw II uses these hermeneutic codes in the opening of the film and how it makes the audience want to continue watching.

The hermeneutic codes which are used in the Saw II opening are snares, as they want the audience to think they on their own how the film will develop and conclude. There is also some partial answers as the first Saw film is the one before Saw II and the audience already know some of the story and truth but actually don't know the whole story.

Learning about the hermeneutic codes it has helped us as to understand what kind of techniques and codes we have to use for our film, by watching the opening of saw, I have a good understanding of the enigma's and snares which I should or could use in our media product.