A Film Semiotics Study of Representation on Duality Female Character

Abstract

The abstract Semiotics delves on sign, picture, text, and film scene. The final purpose of
this research portrays the duality female representation through film. Descriptive
qualitative is used as a research method and observation as the instrument for selecting
scenes film as data analysis. Furthermore, the steps on representation go with Roland
Barthes’ semiotics and the result of this research can be stated (1) denotation, she is being
a superpower woman but vulnerable hearth (2) connotation, complexity of resilient
woman attempt to gain patriarchal (3) myth, society prefer to be more critical by woman
who bravely challenge the system than man, illustrating a gender imbalance social
acceptance. Duality female representation on this film describes either as the visioner or
manipulator and how complicated life of modern woman, she has to balance either
strength and weakness, woman is able to create new reality but in other hand she has a
risk for losing themselves.