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Enigma code — Eduqas GCSE Film Studies Definition

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GCSE Film Studies · key term

Enigma code

Definition

A detail that raises a question or mystery, encouraging the audience to keep watching for an answer.

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Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670

Component 1

The opening establishes mystery through enigma codes. Who are the visitors? What are they doing in the forest?
Revise: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: contexts, genre and narrative

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