Semiotics Theory

Semiotics is the science of communication and sign systems, in short, of the ways people understand signs and symbols and organize them mentally, and of the ways in which they devise means for communicating that understanding and for sharing it with others. Semiotics is also a theory that I will be looking into as it involves me looking into the deeper meanings in Drama and action movies to really understand each character. the theory will apply itself to different audiences for example passive audiences will only take on board the obvious meaning but a more active audiences will see symbols and signs and pick up on other meaning too.

This is how semiotics will apply to my critical investigation. An example of this would be shown in the film Crash as in the film there are a number of symbols and sterotypes shown and the audience will receive these in different ways and also react to these in defferent ways to each other. Active audiences will notice these more and pick up on them and think more for themselves where as passive audiences will just more or less acept what is shown to them in the text.