Fairy Tales Symbols Reflected in The School gor Good and Evil Fil : Semiotic Analysis Study of C.S. Peirce

Abstract

MIFTA HUJANA. FAIRY TALES SYMBOLSREFLECTED IN THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL FILM : SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS STUDY OF C.S. PIERCE

Advised by Diana Anggraeni and Donal Fernando Lubis

Film as a form of literature can be a very entertainingmedia. Film is an audio- visual communication medium to convey a message to a group of people gathered in a certain place. This study aims to reveal fairy tales symbols in The School for Good and Evil film. Addapted from popular novel with the same title written by Soman Chainani, the film released on October 19th, 2023. This Study utilized a descriptive qualitative approach, which involves conveying information through text or transcripts, along with incorporating images from film as research materials. The analysis relied on C.S. Peirce’s semiotics theory to interpret the data, employing fairy tale symbols as a method of analysis. The results of this study indicated that there are 15 data classified in the part of triangle meaning that reflected fairy tales symbols in The School for Good and Evil film. The existence of signs is projected through the appearance of signs in the form of 13 qualisigns and 2 sinsign. The existence of the Object in the form 2 indexes, 5 icon, and 8symbol, and the presence of the Interpretant in the form of 12 arguments and 3 dicent sign. Resulting in 3 types of fairy tales symbols in The School for Good and Evil film, 12 natural and traditional symbolism, 2 color symbolism,and 1 number symbolism. With the dominance appereancedof the natural and traditional symbol, it made the School for Good and Evil is the revival of fantasy stories where natural and traditional symbol used to take the natural environmental background as it was in the previous fantasy stories. By showing the existance of the Good and Evil as the long last conflict.

Key words : Fairy Tales Symbols, Film, Semiotics, The Schoolfor Good and Evil.