Semiotics of AS Media Production

The semiotics of this scene is varied; for example one of the signifiers in this scene is the surrounding environment of desolate woodland. The woodland has signified the notion of alienation, as the character is on his own in a desolate place, it raises the questions in people’s heads of ‘what has happened?’ and also gives a sense of desperation as the man is scavenging for food. In addition the angle of the camera (Dutch tilt) is another signifier, signifying the disorientation and confusion of the situation the man has been placed in. Another signifier in this scene in the use of colour saturation, it is a representation of the cold dark world that the man has been left in, also it shows the life that is seeping from the zombie that is slowly falling to the ground.

                   

The signifier in this scene is the knife and the dead owl. The knife is a symbol for the violence and harm that now rules the digesis of this world, and combined with the dead owl we are given a different signified meaning of survival and that in order to survive death must occur. We can also see the ground to be wildly littered with leaves and unattended, this shows that the world has become abandoned and feral. Furthermore the close up shot signifies the intensity and haste in which the man must act because danger lurks everywhere.