Monday, 23 October 2017

Semiotics key terms: This is England

Denotation/Denotes:

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The ripped wallpaper, old furnitures and the fact that he is using a chair as a nightstand denotes that this boy is not very rich.

Connotes/Connotation:

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The font is worn off and gritty so we connote that it is a film about war.

Signifier:

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The font is worn down so it indicates the environment is rough.

Signified/Signifies:

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Because the bicycle in front of the house wasn't locked and untouched it signifies that it is a safe area.

Binary Opposition/Opposite:

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When Shawn(kid) meets Wally(adult)

Polysemy:

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This is a picture of Shawn's father. It tells us that his father died during war or just simply that he misses him.

Anchors/Anchorage:

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The damaged wallpaper and old furnitures shows that he is poor.

Commutation Test:

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This first shot of Margaret Thatcher is confusing, we don't know if the movie is about her or what impact she exerted in the 80's.

Preferred Reading:

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Nowadays people aged 60 could relate to this scene a lot more than teenagers.

Negotiated Reading:

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The director is making fun of her but some people could interpret this in a different way but still get the same message.

Oppositional Reading:

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This shot is quite odd. Probably the only reason why it's in the film opening is because it was made during the same time period as the film.

Narrative Enigma:

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It only shows very little of the subject which makes the viewer want to know more.

Intertextuality:
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Mise-en-scene links into the Boy George Culture Club which was a very famous culture followed by numerous teenagers at that time.

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