Produxion

Semiotics. I’d forgotten all about it. I remember it being part of my studies when I was at university, and no doubt I’ve been applying the theory throughout my work over the years, but I hadn’t ever given it a passing thought until recently. The subject had stayed dormant in my mind until it came up during a gathering of friends on Halloween. We’d had a trio of classic thriller movies playing silently in the background – Scream, American Werewolf in London and The Cat & The Canary – the kind of films which lend themselves well to the discussion of semiotics, since they’re loaded with clichés and visual signs.