Buffy the Vampire Slayer Codes and Ideology
Symbolic Codes
BIG BAD Symbolic Codes
BIG BAD Symbolic Codes Mix of horror and comedy
Symbolic Codes BIG BAD Multiple pop culture references Mix of horror and comedy
Symbolic Codes BIG BAD Multiple pop culture references Mix of horror and comedy Subverting Stereotypes
Symbolic Codes BIG BAD Multiple pop culture references Mix of horror and comedy Troubled Love for Buffy Subverting Stereotypes
Technical Codes
Technical Codes Minimal Lighting
Technical Codes Fast editing during long fight sequences Minimal Lighting
Technical Codes Fast editing during long fight sequences Minimal Lighting Filmed mostly on set, not location
Technical Codes Fast editing during long fight sequences Minimal Lighting Filmed mostly on set, not location Lots of music by popular artists (at the time)
Ideology
Ideology Women belong In roles of power and should seek out those roles regardless of what others (men) may think
Ideology Women belong In roles of power and should seek out those roles regardless of what others (men) may think There is strength in numbers.