Media Languages and Categories
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... Media Languages and Categories The codes and conventions of a Disney movie combine to create a classic Disney movie. The Lion King and Tarzan are classic examples of the codes and conventions used which will be compared in this essay. Both The Lion King and Tarzan have a very big appeal to the audience, the music, colour, character roles and comedy are all features which take part in the codes and conventions of a Disney movie. The ideology of a Disney movie is that good beats evil and hero beats villain. The general storyline of a Classic Disney movie is Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and then Equilibrium. This is specifically done to effect target audience by tension to the movie and a threat to the heroic character. In The Lion King the very opening soundtrack is a non diegetic sound. It is a very powerful piece of music, which is fast paced and creates














