ROLAND BARTHES' SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS ON NUGROS’ FILM SLEEP CALL

Authors

  • Muhammad Ravi IPB Cirebon

Keywords:

sleep call, Sleep Call film, Gen Z, Roland Barthes' Second-order Signification

Abstract

This research discusses the representation of sleep call activities in a Sleep Call film by Fajar Nugros, which depicts images of sleep call activities that have become a trend among Generation Z, as well as its illustrations and impact. The research aims to identify how sleep calls are portrayed in the film and compare these depictions with the views of Gen Z who engage in sleep calls. This research uses Roland Barthes's second-order signification studies. The research design uses descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques use observation, documentation, and interviews. The analysis technique uses content analysis, then data analysis uses Roland Barthes's Second-order Signification to identify denotation meaning, connotation meaning, and myth. The results of this research are 12 data that represent sleep calls, that is the atmosphere of sleep call activities, sleep calls disturb sleep time, create a comfort zone, cause dependence, symbolize intimate relationships, as an escape from real life, and as a means of sexual activity. The results of the interviews show that the representation in the film is in line with popular according to Gen Z’s opinion.

 

Keywords: sleep call, Sleep Call film, Gen Z, Roland Barthes's Second-order Signification.

Lingua Bestari: Journal of Linguistics and Linguistics

Published

2023-04-15