Hermeneutic Code Essay - Saw 1 Opening

Hermeneutic Code - Saw 1

In Saw the Hermeneutic Code is used extensively in the opening sequence of Saw, the type of Hermeneutic Code mainly used is Jamming. The first question we ask is why this man is in a full bath in a pitch black room, when he wakes up the water drains through the plughole and he climbs out, also what was the blue light that went down the plughole but most importantly, who put him there. He gets out of the bath and the room is pitch black, we then find out that he is not alone in this room and there is someone else, another question we ask is who is the other man and why is he here also, we assume that they have both been put there by the same person. When the other man turns on the lights we see that they are both chained to pipes on the wall. We also see a man laying dead with a pistol in one hand and a cassette player in the other in the middle of the two men in the middle of the room, we ask how did he get there and we presume the way he died was suicide because he has a hole in the back of his head and he is holding a pistol. We also can tell that the other man has been there or awake longer than the man who was in the bath because he is noticeably calmer. The only way for these question to be answered is obviously by watching on, the main code used is Jamming because the men have obviously got no means of escape to start with, but as we go through the film snare’s are added to add tension and keep the audience watching.

Preliminary Sequence Evaluation Essay

Preliminary Sequence Evaluation

The preparation for the preliminary sequence was to fill in storyboards, we were originally supposed to shoot it in the drama green room but we couldn’t so we then had to move shooting into the history/I.T corridor and into a history room, we chose this location because we needed a corridor to film a walking shot and also the room was adequate size and length so we had room to shoot. We used a handheld camcorder to film the scenes and a Macbook Pro to upload the footage and we used First Cut Express software to edit the footage. The editing went well after Mr Titheridge told us how to use the software and after we re-located the filming went well, the only major problem we faced with the filming was the re-location but we basically found another location straight away, shooting started in the green room, but because we took so long to work out dialogue we chose to re-locate as people kept on walking in and out and we didn’t ask permission, also with First Cut express we couldn’t work out what all the windows were for and we had to delete the last bit of editing and start again because it was all mixed up and we thought it would be easier to start the last bit over, this wasn’t a major problem as it only took us about ten minutes. The Preliminary task went well and I am happy with our progress so far, I’m looking forward to giving in improved work and starting to film our final sequence. I would improve next time by spending more time on the things that mattered and prepare better than we did and to go over things more concisely, I have learnt to manage my time better and to spend less time on the minor matters, such as in this sequence we spent fifteen minutes trying to think of dialogue when dialogue doesn’t really play a major part.