Semiology within our key texts.

Key texts:
-Alfie
-Kidulthood
-Misfits


Alfie:
In Alfie the curtains in the kitchen, (the signifier) could be used to show a divide in the rooms in his flat. This could be there to separate men and women and their stereotypical roles in the home, for example women work in the kitchen and men go elsewhere. It can also mean that men and women can hide things from one another, for example when lily is having the abortion, she closes the curtains so Alfie could not come in or see her.





Kidulthood:
In Kidulthood the gun in the grit box (the signifier) could be used to show that the youths in the film hide dangerous objects in the daylight. The sign is that young children are using school facilities to make weapons and store them.







 


 Misfits:
In Misfits Nathans mum kicks him out of the house (the signifier) and this shows the type of family unit he has as being unstable. This could be there to show the audience that this family issue could be the reason as to why he is doing community service.