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Preliminary Exercise 2: Semiotics

  

 Roland Barthes' Theory of Semiotics

  The movie we did this analysis on was titled, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. This film talks about the events that occurs after the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Protagonist, Katniss Evergreen returns home after previously winning the Hunger Games. Throughout the film she that her and her fellow protagonist Peeta may have started a rebellion.


  For this assignment me and my teammate analyzed a few visual and sound signs and the meanings each sign had. The scene we were looking at had people dressed in unique outfits. Most people like Katniss, dressed as animals in that scene. Katniss, for example dressed like a mocking jay. A visual sign I wanted to point out was the characters holding three fingers three fingers. This can symbolize many connotative meanings, such as a sign of respect or love. It was an interesting sight to see because people use this sign to indicate the number three, rather than a gesture.

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