Barthes view is that although there is differences between narratives they all have a limited number of structure and organisation, that may effect or adapt the readers way of interpreting the texts these are known as Enigma codes.
Barthe believes that there is always more that one way in which the audience can interpret/read a text, in addition to this he also believes that within a set text there is a number of different meanings and interpretations instead of just one set one. He believes that the only way to understand the texts true meaning is by reading it and then reading it again. This is because every time you read a text you may read it a different way to a which you read it the first time, therefore another meaning comes to surface.
Barthe believes that the audience should have a "writerly" approach when reading the text instead of a "readers" approach, in order to understand it fully. Barthe believes the audience should read a text for its linear plot and be controlled by it. Furthermore he argues that we should take the existence of these codes as a invitation to adapt and read the text in order to bring out the different meanings and connotations within it.
Readerly Texts
Barthe believes that most texts are "readerly texts" these are texts that are usually presented in the usual linear form this is the traditional forma and it simply gives the audience information so that they can receive it. These texts are usually written in the simplistic form in order for the text to give away another other multiple meanings.
Writerly Texts
These texts reveal the content that the readerly texts try to convey, therefore giving the texts multiple meanings. From these texts the audience are now in a position where they can read and adapt the texts giving it different meanings.
Barthe believes that everything the audience view have a purpose behind it and include a certain element within them to intrigued the audience and draw them in.
The Narrative/ Enigma codes.
Barthe has a theory that there are five codes that will group together signifiers by the role they act out in a text.
These are the :
The Hermeneutic Code- Voice of Truth
- This is when the element of the story is not fully exposed to the audience, leaving it open as a mystery, leaving questions unanswered to the viewers.
The Proairetic Code- the voice of empirics
- This builds tension, this is by leading onto another event or action that may take place, opening the audience up to the question, Whats going to happen next?
The Semantic Code- the voice of the person
-This refers to the connotations within the story, which will give another meaning or multiple meaning to whats taking place on the screen.
The Symbolic Code- the voice of the symbol
-This is similar to the semantic meaning, however it is broader and can open the viewer up to a wider meaning.
The cultural Code- Voice of Knowledge
- This refers to anything that cannot be challenged and is assumed to be a element of truth.
In my sequence i am going to use enigmas to suggest to my audience the plot of the film. In my title sequence i am going to use The Hermeneutic Code, at the ending of the sequence, when Aaron gets hit by a moving vehicle, the screen will cut to darkness and the only indication that he has been hit will be the sounds of the crash, the audience will then have unanswered questions as to whether or not his character survives. Also due to the two main characters never meeting the audience are left over to whether the couple meet and fall in love and get their happy ending therefore another enigma involved is The Proairetic code.
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