Charles Sandes Peirce was an American scientist and philosopher that claimed that semiotics is the relationship between a SYMBOL, ICON and INDEX. It is called the triadic model of a sign because it is made of 3 parts. Iconic signs are signs where the signifier resembles the signified. Symbolic Signs are sign where there are no physical relationship between the signifier and the signified. The signifier is purely conventional and culturally specific. Indexical signs are signs where the signifier is caused by the signified.
Examples of these signs appear in the movie Luca including the "Vespa" Logo representing the luxury of the vehicle (Iconic), the numbers on the signs in the dirt representing the prices of plants (Symbolic) and the boat on the ocean floor with a hole in it representing that something must have happened to the boat whilst fishers were in it (Indexical).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSwd12JonmA
Luca is a movie where a certain species of sea creatures is not known to the humans of a near-by town. This makes the humans fear the new species and wan to kill it which is why Luca's mother does not want him to swim to the surface as him and his whole family is the species that the humans are willing to kill. Luca is bored of his daily life and decides to swim to the surface but is afraid and struggle to leave the water. Another boy of the same species, Alberto, helps Luca and brings him onto the land where Luca discovers that the species can turn into humans when dry. They decide to explore the near-by city to obtain a "Vespa" which is a scooter that would supposedly allow them to "see the world". At this point, they spot a luxury-style scooter owned by a very nasty human boy, Ercole which claims to be a champion at some sort of race and Luca and Alberto, with the help of a third human girl named Giulia decide to challenge Ercole in the race and end up winning, Luca wanted to try living a life at a human school with Giulia so he wants to use the reward money to buy a train ticket to the same school as Giulia but Alberto wanted to stick with their original plan of buying the scooter. In the end, Alberto turns from a jealous friend to a supportive friend and lets Luca go to the school with Giulia.
No comments:
Post a Comment