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Soul Animasyon Filminin Göstergebilimsel Analizi

Year 2022, Issue: 7, 85 - 104, 18.02.2022

Asadul Islam , Buşra İncirkuş

https://doi.org/10.46372/arts.982060

Abstract

Animasyon filmleri, hem çocukları hem de yetişkinleri, gerçekçi şekilde çekilmiş aksiyon filmlerinin etkileme gücünden daha fazla etkilemekte ve bu iki yaş gurubunu bu anlamda bir araya getirmektedir. Bu filmlerdeki görsel açıdan zengin anlatı yapıları, bilinçaltı mesajlarının farklı yorumlanmasına ve anlaşılmasına olanak tanımaktadır. Sinematografik mekanlarda fikirler ve görsel dillerdeki benzersizliğin bu tür yorumlayıcı potansiyeli, göstergebilimsel bağlamda nadiren araştırılmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, Soul animasyon filmindeki ana karakter olan Joe Gardners’ın yolculuğuna bakarak, görsel bilgilerin göstergelerini estetik olarak analiz etmek ve anlamlandırmaktır. Araştırmada ilk olarak karakterlerin tüm kişilikleri iç ve dış görünüşleri bakımından analiz edilmiş ve filmin anlatımındaki ilişkileri tartışılmıştır. Araştırmanın ikinci kısmında ise gösterge, gösteren ve gösterilen yapısına dayalı göstergebilim analizi için toplam 10 sahne seçilmiş ve seçilen sahnelerin düz ve yan anlamları da açıklanmıştır. Joe Gardner ve onun hayatının anlam arayışı arasında önemli bir pozitif ilişki bulunduğu analiz edilmiştir. Bu analiz, hayatın gerçek anlamının küçük şeylerden mutluluk duymak olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Filmdeki verilerden elde edilen sonuçlara bakılırsa, seçimler ile gerçekleşen olaylara farklı açılardan bakma ilişkisindeki ince çizginin resmedildiği görülmektedir.

Keywords

animasyon film göstergebilim ruh karakterler

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Semiotic Analysis of the Animation Film Soul

Year 2022, Issue: 7, 85 - 104, 18.02.2022

Asadul Islam , Buşra İncirkuş

https://doi.org/10.46372/arts.982060

Abstract

Animation films connect both children and adults in a comprehensive way that sometimes live-action films abstain to do so. The visually rich narrative structures in these films allow diverse interpretations and understandings of the subliminal messages. Such interpretive potential of uniqueness in ideas and visual languages in cinematic spaces is rarely investigated in the semiotic context. The aim of the study is to aesthetically analyze and comprehend the meanings of the visual information from the animation film Soul by understanding the main character Joe Gardner’s journey. In the first segment of the research, all of the characters’ personalities from inner and outer appearance were analyzed and their relation in the film’s narration was discussed. In the second segment of the research, a total of 10 scenes were selected for semiotics analysis based on an indicator, indicative and indicated structure. Furthermore, straight and side meanings of the selected scenes were described. A significant positive relationship was identified between Joe Gardner and his pursuit of the meaning of life. The analysis revealed that the true meaning of life is in finding happiness from small things. Thus, this film’s findings explain the thin line between choices and seeing things from different perspectives.

Keywords

animation film semiotics soul characters

References

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  • Andrews, M. & Chapman, B. & Purcell, S. (Director). (2012). Brave [Film]. USA: Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios.
  • Boone, J. (2020, 28, December). ‘Soul’ Filmmakers Reveal the Movie’s Original Ending. Etonline. https://www.etonline.com/pixar-soul-alternate-ending-spoiler-breakdown-158021. Date of Access: 15 April 2021
  • Çetinkaya Edizer, Z. & Gündüz, A. C. (2018). “Prensi Olmayan Masal Kitabı” Adlı Metnin Eyleyenler Modeli Çerçevesinde Değerlendirilmesi. Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 20 (2), 499-516. DOI: 10.17556/erziefd.408603
  • Docter, P. & Powers, K. (Director). (2020). Soul [Film]. USA: Pixar.
  • Docter, P. & Carmen, R, D. (Director). (2015). Inside Out [Film]. USA: Pixar Animation Studios.
  • Favreau, J. (Director). (2010). Iron Man 2 [Film]. USA: Paramount Pictures.
  • Goldstein, G. (2020, 23, June). ‘Soul’ Producer Murray Reflects on Cannes-Selected Animated Feature. Variety. https://variety.com/2020/film/spotlight/soul-murray-cannes-kemp-powers-1234646745/. Date of Access: 20 April 2021
  • Johnson, Z. (2020, 22, December). Meet the Characters of Disney and Pixar’s Soul. The Official Disney Fan Club. https://d23.com/meet-the-characters-of-disney-and-pixars-soul/. Date of Access: 25 April 2021
  • Kershner, I. (Director). (1980). Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back [Film]. USA: Lucasfilm.
  • Kırık, A. M. & Karakuş, M. K. (2013). Sosyal Medya ve İnternet Teknolojisi İle Yöndeşen Televizyon Yayıncılğı: Sosyal TV. AJIT-e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology, 4 (12) , 61-73 . DOI: 10.5824/1309-1581.2013.2.003.x
  • Lasseter, J. (Director). (1995). Toy Story [Film]. USA: Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios.
  • Lasseter, J. & Ranft, J. (Director). (2006). Cars [Film]. USA: Pixar Animation Studios.
  • McGrath, T. (Director). (2017). The Boss Baby [Film]. USA: DreamWorks Animation.
  • Negroni, J. (2021). The Pixar Theory. Jon Negroni. https://jonnegroni.com/2013/07/11/the-pixar-theory/. Date of Access: 15 April 2021
  • Movie Insider (2020). Soul Movie credits. Movie Insider. https://www.movieinsider.com/m13620/soul/credits. Date of Access: 18 April 2021
  • Noth, W. (1990). Handbook of Semiotics. United States: Indiana University Press.
  • Rifat, M. (2019). Göstergebilimin ABC’si. İstanbul: Say Yayıncılık.
  • Romano, N. (2019, 06, November). Pixar bares its Soul in first look at film with Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey. Entertainment Weekly. https://ew.com/films/2019/11/06/pixar-soul-photo-jamie-foxx-tina-fey/. Date of Access: 26 April 2021
  • Signsalad. (2021). Our Thoughts What is Semiotics?. Sign Salad. https://signsalad.com/our-thoughts/what-is-semiotics/. Date of Access: 05 April 2021
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Primary Language English
Subjects Radio-Television
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Asadul Islam 0000-0001-9510-1178

Buşra İncirkuş 0000-0002-3056-0223

Publication Date February 18, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022Issue: 7

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APA Islam, A., & İncirkuş, B. (2022). Semiotic Analysis of the Animation Film Soul. ARTS: Artuklu Sanat Ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi(7), 85-104. https://doi.org/10.46372/arts.982060
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