Semiotic Analysis of Keyface And Elise Reiner In “Insidious: The Last Key” Film

Abstract

This study deals with semiotic analysis of Keyface and Elise Reiner in ―Insidious: The Last Key‖ film. It was aimed to describe types of semiotic analysis are used by Keyface and Elise Reiner and to find out the reasons of semiotic analysis realized by Keyface and Elise Reiner in Insidious: The Last Key film. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The sources of data were taken from Insidious: The Last Key film. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique, by describing types of semiotic analysis are used by Keyface and Elise Reiner and to find out the reasons of semiotic analysis realized by Keyface and Elise Reiner in Insidious: The Last Key film. The result showed that there were 10 (30.3%) for sign, 15 (45.5%) for code, and 8 (24.2%) for convention. It can be concluded that code dominantly was used by Keyface as ghost and Elise Reiner. It means that the most of Elise and Keyface used facial expression, and gesture in Insidious: The Last Key movie because in horror film, code can make the viewers‘ expression follow the way of the story such afraid, danger, and brave. Based on the data found in Insidious: The Last Key that semiotic analysis realized by Keyface and Elise Reiner is to deliver their mindset, feeling, wish through facial expression and gesture