Roland Barthes

Roland was born on the 12th of November 1915 and died aged 64 on the 25th of march 1980. He was a french philosiphoer and semiotician (study of cultural signs and symbols). he helped influence the development of schools.

"A galaxy of signifies, not a structure of signifieds"

All films can be interpreted as 'open' or 'closed'

Barthes five codes

• The hermeneutic ( voice of the truth- avoids giving all the facts)
• The enigma/Proairetic (empirical/Tension builder)
• The symbolic (Voice of symbols- wider level, good vs evil)
• The cultural (Voice of science/Audience)
• The semantic (Voice of the people)