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Film Codes and Genre Conventions Preliminary Exercise 1 (Symbolic Codes Closed Reading of VALERIAN Official Trailer # 1 (2017)

 Symbolic codes are significant to audiences because it helps creates a visual understanding of the feeling or connotation the author/producer is trying to convey. Some of the ways film producers use symbolic codes include setting, costumes, and color lighting. These codes can represent how a character in a scene feels or what the atmosphere is like. I believe the reason film producers use symbolic codes is to implement deeper meaning. For instance, a character in a scene can explicitly say that they are doing emotionally well but the color lighting, tone their hair, makeup, and costume can say an entirely different thing about their mental health.

   In the media text Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets the genre is sci-fi. Sci-fi is essentially science fiction and for the most part they usually contain futuristic and technological advances along with life on other planets. In the trailer clip it seemed that the conflict was a society on another planet that has lived in peace and prosperity for centuries is now undergoing attack from the humans and want to protect their livelihood. Some of the symbolic codes that stood out to me were the tone when the commander on the ship told the two armored soldiers to eliminate "them" it seemed that he had an ulterior motive in wanting the aliens to die so badly. Also the costumes stood out, the humans wore advanced body armor and seemed very well trained and the aliens carried staff like weapons that could've represented status or royalty. The color lighting was very luminous and looked like the future. Lastly, the acting was intense and filled with emotion. 


 







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