Semiotics is a linguistic system in film that exemplifies the qualities of film. The theory of semiotics highlights the mise-en-scène of a film in terms of the relationship between cinematic themes, on-screen characters and associated objects. The concepts of semiotics can be shown at different levels in films. They could be linguistic signs or objects of justification to allow the audience to make sense of the film. The semiotic approach in the film not only emphasizes what is explicitly stated on screen, but also shows signs of underlying message and meaning behind the objects of justification. In this essay I will discuss the semiotic signs that are embodied in different objects of justification in the films Citizen Kane and Thelma and Louise. Each object demonstrates language-like phenomena, which construct essential meanings for the film's characters and plot. In the film Citizen Kane, the presence of the glass ball appears for the first time in the first shot when Kane is left alone in his bed. the beginning of the film. As the scene unfolds, the camera captures the moment the glass ball shatters after Kane lets go. The focus of the shot is not on Kane lying alone in his deathbed, but rather on the glass sphere containing a cabin in a snowy landscape that rolls down the stairs and eventually shatters on the floor. In this particular scene, the close-up shot of the glass sphere acts as a semiotic sign, revealing an important meaning that links Kane to the film's themes; his reminiscence of his past and his loss. The landscape in the glass sphere contains another space that has not yet been revealed. So, the glass globe is just an object of curiosity at the beginning of the film. The film slowly unfolds a semiotic language... in the middle of the paper... and takes control of the situation. Another scene where Thelma and Louise meet the truck driver, who constantly behaves rudely and annoys them with offensive comments, they ask him for an apology for being disrespectful. But when he leaves and refuses to do so, Louise pulls out her gun and points it at the truck driver. He demands an apology and then fires his gun at the truck's steering wheel and tanker. Thelma then takes out hers and they both shoot until the truck explodes. In this shot, the gun points to their acts of absurdity in expressing their demands for an apology. Thus, it is evident that Thelma and Louise's use of the gun throughout the film shows the viewer that the gun demonstrates a semiotic sign of many defensive and irrational acts, both in situations where they need to protect themselves from unpleasant encounters and to demand what they want..
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