ENIGMA CODE:
- What does he mean by 'The closer you look, the less you see?'
- How does he get the lady's card to light up on the building?
- Why is he rubbing his hands together after it has been lit up on the building?
- Why is the man hypnotising the lady so he can get money?
- Why did the magician steal the other mans watch and wallet?
- What happens to the lady after all the piranha's go into the tank?
- Does she die?
- Was that done on purpose?
- Who are the 4 different magicians?
- What is the link between all of them?
- Why are they all in such different settings, why do we get shown this in such detail?
ACTION CODE:
- Building lighting up with playing card on it
- Café, hypnosis advertisement
- Stepping off boat very quickly
- Water tank, chains-will she get out?
- Piranhas' in tank
- Timer clock
SYMBOLIC/SEMIOTIC CODE:
- Playing cards symbolise magic
- Clothing represents modern people- everyday lives
- 3 of them are stealing money off people-clever, successful
- Water tank significant- drowning?
- You only get shown a small clip of each magic act-hiding things, more to be shown?
- night time-mysterious
- Lots of people around all the time in all 4 scenes-symbolic
- All performing to an audience of different sizes