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Exploring Grief through Visual Semiotics in “If Anything Happens I Love You” (2020) Nofia; Syahra , Farkhatun; Agustina, Mia Fitria; Trisnawati, Ririn Kurnia
Lakon : Jurnal Kajian Sastra dan Budaya Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): JURNAL LAKON
Publisher : Universitas Airlangga

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20473/lakon.v14i2.77961

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If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) is a poignant animated short film that captures the overwhelming grief of parents who lose their child to a school shooting. This study analyzes the film using Roland Barthes’ visual semiotic theory, focusing on how signs within the film—particularly shadows, objects, and color—convey deeper emotional and ideological meanings. Through Barthes’ concepts of denotation, connotation, and myth, the analysis reveals that visual elements in the film serve not only as narrative tools but also as symbolic representations of trauma, memory, and the cultural construction of loss. Shadows embody internal emotional conflict, objects transform into memory vessels, and color evokes psychological states, all contributing to a layered storytelling experience. The findings suggest that the film utilizes visual semiotics to naturalize complex ideologies of grief and remembrance, allowing viewers to engage emotionally with a difficult subject through powerful, non-verbal communication.
Three Distinct Human Behavior Symbols in Jack Stauber’s Opal (2020) Sabila, Zeta; Agustina, Mia Fitria; Trisnawati, Ririn Kurnia
MOZAIK HUMANIORA Vol. 25 No. 1 (2025): MOZAIK HUMANIORA VOL. 25 NO. 1
Publisher : Universitas Airlangga

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20473/mozaik.v25i1.65862

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This study aims to examine objects as symbols in Opal (2020). It is one of the animations that applied inanimate objects as symbols to support its theme. This animation delves into the theme of child neglect inside of a dysfunctional family and it uses cigarettes, mirrors, and pills as symbols to deliver the theme. To understand this utilization of symbols, Saussure’s semiotics theory signifier and signified is applied. By employing the semiotics theory, researchers found out that those objects are signifiers that signified ignorant, narcissistic, and abusive human behavior. Cigarettes symbolizes the  ignorant  grandfather  who is  an  active  smoker  despite  of  his health problem; mirrors symbolize the narcissistic father who is excessively obsessed with himself regardless of the harmful things he has done; pills symbolize the abusive mother who abuses her drug use just like how she abuses her daughter for her own pleasure. Therefore, this animation successfully applied objects as symbols that symbolize human behavior to support the theme of child neglect and give the impression how such harmless things can lead to bigger problems that cause harm to ourselves and others.
Joy in “Happiness”: A Semiotic Analysis Camelia, Royan; Agustina, Mia Fitria; Trisnawati, Ririn Kurnia
CaLLs (Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol 11, No 2 (2025): CaLLs, December 2025
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Mulawarman

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/calls.v11i2.18972

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This study aims to determine the meaning of happiness in the short movie “Happiness” by Steve Cutts. In interpreting the happiness, this study uses Saussure’s Semiotics theory. This study employed a qualitative method. The discussion of this study is divided into billboards, food and beverages billboards/brochures, fashion billboards and brochures, and medicines billboards. The results of this study indicated that happiness because of alcohol, food, beverages, fashion, and drugs are temporary. The effect of happiness that is obtained is instant, where happiness is easy to get but also easy to lose, it will not last long. From the results of this study, it can be understood that the meaning of happiness in real life and even in the short movie “Happiness” cannot be taken lightly since being happiness is something that we feel rather than what we think.
The Fear: A Study of Consternation in Bradbury's “The Night” (1947) Through the Main Character Miqda Al Auza’i Ashfahany Asyida; Mia Fitria Agustina; Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati
Wanastra: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025): March
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31294/wanastra.v17i1.11945

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This study examines the fear in Ray Bradbury's The Night (1947) through the lens of the main character, Shorts. Using Fisher’s theory, this study focuses on how environmental factors and self-control regulate human emotion, especially fear. Thus, psychology in literature was applied to elaborate the fear in the short story. The study uses qualitative methods to investigate the narrative, revealing how external factors, such as the environment and the emotions of others, as well as internal factors, such as prior events and inner thoughts, influence Shorts' fear. The findings demonstrate how such elements influence human behavior, stressing the complex link between external situations and internal psychological states. Through Shorts's narrative, the study underscores the dynamic interaction between the external world and human emotion.