Semiotic Analysis of the Animation Film Soul

Autor: Asadul Islam, Buşra İncirkuş
Jazyk: English<br />Turkish
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ARTS: Artuklu Sanat ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi, Iss 7, Pp 85-104 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2687-1890
DOI: 10.46372/arts.982060
Popis: Animation films connect both children and adults in a comprehensive way that sometimes live-action films abstain to do so. The visually rich narrative structures in these films allow diverse interpretations and understandings of the subliminal messages. Such interpretive potential of uniqueness in ideas and visual languages in cinematic spaces is rarely investigated in the semiotic context. The aim of the study is to aesthetically analyze and comprehend the meanings of the visual information from the animation film Soul by understanding the main character Joe Gardner’s journey. In the first segment of the research, all of the characters’ personalities from inner and outer appearance were analyzed and their relation in the film’s narration was discussed. In the second segment of the research, a total of 10 scenes were selected for semiotics analysis based on an indicator, indicative and indicated structure. Furthermore, straight and side meanings of the selected scenes were described. A significant positive relationship was identified between Joe Gardner and his pursuit of the meaning of life. The analysis revealed that the true meaning of life is in finding happiness from small things. Thus, this film’s findings explain the thin line between choices and seeing things from different perspectives.
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