Semiotics Preliminary Exercise 2

 

 Ferdinand De Saussure's Theory of Semiotics

Ferdinand De Saussure was born in Switzerland on November 26th, 1857 and was a semiotician. He is considered as one of the major founders of semiotics. His theory was comprised of finding that semiotics had to do with the certainty that everything could be considered a sign. This means that factors like facial expressions, props, and costumes all remotely had meaning to them. For example, in the reaping scene of the Hunger Games, the costumes for the impoverished districts are very austere and worn out. While the wealthier districts such as district one, wear very colorful and luxurious looking clothes. This shows how the poorer districts are treated compared the wealthier districts, it creates an extreme contrast between the two costumes.