Semiotics Preliminary Exercise 3

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 Charles Peirce's Theory of Semiotics

Charles Peirce was born on September 10th, 1839 and his theory includes iconic, symbolic, and indexical signs. Iconic signs are visual signs that ought to mean something, symbolic signs have a certain figurative meaning like how a dove represents peace and love. Indexical signs are where the signifier is caused by the signified. All of these signs are seen in most movies and shows today and are extremely important as it adds to the writer/director's vision of said movie and show. For example, the movie I chose was Spider-Man Homecoming, these many signs are meant to convey certain meanings and messages to the audience to catch to add depth to the movie. 

The plot of Spider-Man Homecoming: Peter Parker, The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, is patiently waiting for Tony Stark to give him a mission where he can help out as best as he can manage. Balancing everyday life as Peter Parker alongside being Spider-Man is a daunting task for The Wall-Crawler and it starts taking its toll when Parker encounters a gang of underground thugs selling Chitauri-based weapons for a mysterious villain known as The Vulture.

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