Conventions Reflection

 I went over everything I learned about conventions, including the related topic, codes. I learned that conventions come in many types, including general conventions, story conventions, and form conventions. I know that we see conventions all the time in every piece of media we consume, and as I was watching a movie earlier with my friends, I noticed the cowboy character was given a hat and a gun on his waist, which is a convention commonly associated with cowboys and the west. It was interesting to be able to recognize it so quickly, and then look for more as the movie went on. 



   

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