Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes codes for "JCVD".
ACTION=
-Low angle at the begining of the man shoting up to kill another man, to show that the main character is most important and stronger than the man hes shooting.
-long shots of both parties having a shoot of, but ultimately the main character won.
-there are no close up's becuase the men do not want to show any expression on their faces becuase its more about the violent rather than feelings.
SEMINTIC=
-Guns (shows violence)
-Tank Top (shows the mens masculinity by showing the muscles)
-Fire (represents war and the man being on fire shows how the main character has the power to make someone loose their own image)
-Sand Bags (have connotations of protection)
CULTURAL=
- you see its a violent world to live in
-however at one point the men are laughing showing a phycotic view to the charcters, because its a dangerous enviroment yet they find it funny
-mysterioyus setting, army like , proposing the question, does anyone know they are there?
ENIGMA=
-theres a song about love.. does he just want to be loved?
-why is there loads of explosions?
-is the main character a hero or villan?
is the women hes trying to save his girlfriend?
SYMBOLIC=
-men love their gadgets, cars being one of them, and when the main characters shuts a mans head in the doors shows that even their gadgets show them no loyalty
-men wearing camoflauge clothing meaning that maybe the men dont want to be seen