INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHERS
Vol 5 No 4 (2022): International Journal of Education, information technology and others

Semiotic Analysis on Film Industry: Case Study Suspiria Movie Poster

Raiswati Untsa Mega (Universitas Komputer Indonesia)
Tatan Tawami (Universitas Komputer Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Aug 2022

Abstract

Movie poster often used as a medium of commercial purposes in advertising a movie as it delivers what the movie is all. This way, film making companies could attract more viewers to see a certain movie. Therefore, the goal of this study is to analyze the message contained in the verbal and non-verbal aspects in Suspiria movie poster using semiotic approach from Barthes. This research used descriptive qualitative and literature review to collect the data. This study discusses how a movie poster from Suspiria can create and deliver its meaning to the viewer through the verbal and non-verbal aspects, which resulted in gaining interest from the potential movie viewers. The results of this study suggest that each symbol and sign (verbal and non-verbal aspects) used in the movie can covey the meaning thoroughly through its meaning association. This study concludes that the signs and symbols used in the poster movie of Suspiria has its own meaning and could represent, portray, and convey the meaning of the movie poster well.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEIT

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

nternational Journal of Education, information technology and others (IJEIT) ISSN 2623-2324 (Print) ISSN 2654-2528 (Online) is printed in Indonesia and published twice a year (August and December) by peneliti.net collaborate with Indonesian education lecturer associations (ADPPI). IJEIT is dedicated ...