Artifact: Psycho-Semiotic-Criticism.pdf (COMM 337: Communication Criticism).

My semiotic criticism paper for COMM 337: Communication Criticism, is when I applied my own knowledge of the semiotic criticism method in relation to the film "Psycho."  The thesis for the paper was, "Using the characteristics of semiotic criticism, an analysis of color of the film, color of wardrobe, camera shot angles, and set design shows the innocence and guilt portrayed by Marion Crane and Norman Bates in “Psycho.” 

I thoroughly enjoyed working on this paper because I can represent my knowledge and insight on a criticism method and apply it into actuality.  I applied my knowledge of rhetoric from class while working on this paper. 

Artifact:

This paper I have constructed in my Rhetorical Criticism course at Monmouth College demonstrates that I am able to analyze and critique a communication situation related to a movie. In Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” the message is simple as communication events influence culture through a semiotic criticism. The message is interpreted through semiotics as certain figures, signs, and symbols are used to explain the meanings portrayed behind daily life. The thesis for my paper was, “Using the characteristics of semiotic criticism, an analysis of color of the film, color of wardrobe, camera shot angles, and set design shows the innocence and guilt portrayed by Marion Crane and Norman Bates in “Psycho.”’ This paper was extremely life changing as I wrote it because I learned to apply my communication knowledge of rhetorical criticism from class and process the information and compare its characteristics into a movie from 1960 originally filmed in black and white. I learned that I have knowledge of this topic by using characteristics of semiotics and relating them to “Psycho.”

COMM 230 ELM-Paper.pdf

COMM 337 Narrative-Criticism-Saw.pdf