A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS IN MUSIC VIDEO OF BLANK SPACE  BY TAYLOR SWIFT

Indriani Oktavyanthi; Muh Kholiq

doi:10.35760/jll.2018.v6i1.2481

A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS IN MUSIC VIDEO OF BLANK SPACE BY TAYLOR SWIFT

Indriani Oktavyanthi
English Department, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Gunadarma
Indonesia

Muh Kholiq
English Department, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Gunadarma
Indonesia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.35760/jll.2018.v6i1.2481

Abstract

Music video has a signs and different meaning. This research aims to know the signs used and to find out denotation and connotation meaning in the music video of Blank Space by Taylor Swift. The method used in analysis this music video is qualitative. The results obtained from this research are the semiotic signs found namely visual signs, verbal signs in song lyrics, denotation and connotation meaning.

Keywords

Connotation, Denotation, Music Video, Semiotic

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