Within our AS opening sequence we have expressed many different types of connotations by applying various denotations. Rowland Barthes argues that the denotation is what you see and the connotation is the meaning through the audience’s knowledge. One example of a denotation from our sequence is the long shot of the red car, this connotes the aggression and death that is commonly associated with the colour red. It also relates to Ferdinand de Saussure, he argues that there are two levels of meaning; the signifier is what we can see in front of us, and the signified is what we associate with the signifier. Another example of this signifier is one of the last scenes within our sequence. When editing we created an eerie and dim atmosphere, showing a man staring at news paper articles, when looking closer at these we can see the images of young teenage girls. This leaves our audience questioning who he is and what reference he has to these girls.
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