A hermeneutic code often occurs at the beginning of a film or story which creates narrative enigmas. It is something that is not explained and it leads to the audience not knowing what is going to happen, it is simply just an unanswered question and it makes the audience think to themselves, ‘why is this happening?’. The affect that is code has is that it makes the audience draw more attention to the film and it creates suspense. This is an important technique as it grabs the audience’s attention right from the start. The question is not usually answered till the end of the film and it will tie up all the loose ends.
