- Who are the people signing the last will and testoment?
- Who are the 'Van Garrets'?
- Who is the man killed at the beginning?
- Why is there pumpkin scarecrow?
- Who is Ichabod Crane?
- Where is Sleepy Hollow?
- Who is the Murderer?
Action Code
- Pumkin scarecrow getting blood splattered on face
- Wax being melted, looks like blood
- Family crest in wax
- Carriage driver and man in carriage has head chopped off
- Setting the Cardinal Free from the cage
- Heads cut off but not found, only body.
- Trvelling though dark and eerie country side, where is he going?
Semiotic Code
- Clothing suggests 1700-1800's
- Carriage shows power, weath
- Family crest signifies history
- Weather-Dark, Gloomy suggests mystery and horror
- Overcast sky
- Colours are plain and flat, no bright colours singifies fear
- Scars on Ichabod's had suggests bad memories, past
- Pumpkins associated with halloween, horror, fear
- Lighnening signifies uncertanty and unrest
Cultural Code
- Builds on our knowelege of the killings and the families
- First Killing shows how the murderer exhists
- Pumpkin Head on Scarecrow with blood splatter
- Improtant family member being killed
- Ichabod using new methods in the court
Symbolic Code
- Pumpkin representing halloween
- Horseman reperesenting fear and unrest in the community of sleepy hollow
- Ichabod representing justice and reality
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