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.