Analytical Semiotic on The Friendship between Animal and Humans in Film "A Street Cat Named Bob"

Abstract

The film A street cat the name Bob is taken from the true story of a street performer who motivated many people through the book he wrote and then adapted it into a film. This study aims to explore the meaning of friendship which is represented in the film a street cat the name Boob, researchers use Charles Sanders Peirce theory with qualitative methods and collect data through observation data collection techniques, documentation by Charles Sanders Peirce categorizes the triangle theory of meaning which consists of three main elements namely, signs, objects, and interpretants. shows that friendship in the movie "a street cat the name boob" consists of two types of friendship, namely friendship because of benefits and true friendship as seen in James Bown and boob friendship.

Keywords: friendship, The street cat the name Boob movie, semiotics.

Introduction:

as social beings who need each other, humans cannot live individually, so they require interaction between each other to build interpersonal relationships and establish closeness and even friendship in establishing closeness, humans usually tend to gather or group with several people. Gathering and this group will form into a friendship. Friendship does not only occur between humans but also animals, they become friends to confide in and even life partners who need each other.

One form of communication that uses channels or media in connecting the communicant with the communicator is the mass media. According to Vera (2014) mass media connects communicants and communicators en masse, in the sense of large numbers, scattered everywhere, heterogeneous and anonymous audiences, and causing certain effects. One of them is film. Film as a means of delivering messages in which there are implied and explicit meanings.

Film is one of the communication media in the form of images and audio that uses channel media to connect communicators en masse, becoming one of the easiest forms of entertainment to be found on television, cinema, or certain websites. People are now easy to access it by watching streaming or downloading it. Film is a field of study for structural analysis or semiotics. 

By analyzing the signs of various systems that are working well in an effort to achieve the expected effect. The more important semiotic system in the film is the use of iconic signs, namely signs that describe something (Sobur, 2017: 128). in fiction films or story films consisting of various genres, namely drama, action, comedy, horror, animation, musical, cartoon (Vera,2014:95)

film A street cat named Bob (2016) is a drama, comedy, Hollywood's newest family film. which was released on November 18, 2016 in the USA. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. Film with a duration of 1 hour 43 minutes. With Bob the cat as Street cat (as Bob), Luke Treadway as James Bowen. Tells the true story of a street busker named James Bowen who has a pet cat named Bob. James is a street artist who is looking for money to support the economy. James is a drug addict. This film has a 4-star rating for a motivating family film.

His life started from when he joined a drug addict rehabilitation program, his struggle to find a place to live and earn money to eat and live a normal life. At that time he found a hungry cat and fed it and planned to return it, but it turned out that the orange cat did not have an owner and was taken care of by James, the cat named Bob he always followed James wherever he went to sleep, eat, bathe, even when singing. 

At the time of busking Bob always on James' shoulders which made many people interested and amazed, from that moment they were friends with each other, James said that Bob was a cat who brought blessings they were always together when going through difficult things. For example, when James was on the slopes to sing and sell newspapers, Bob was always there, they shared a meal with each other even though the money had run out.

With the storyline of friendship between animals and humans, the writer is interested in representing the friendship that exists in the film. To represent the friendship in the film, the writer uses semiotic analysis. Semiotics is a science or method of analysis to study signs (Sobur, 2006). , where this film tells the story of a strong friendship which is described by looking at the many signs and also the meaning contained in the film. From that, the writer thinks that this film is very interesting to be used as research. 

The writing of this film also contains an inspiring story for the audience. Therefore this film can have a positive impact. So with this, the researcher tries to raise the phenomenon contained in the film A street cat named Bob by taking the title: "ANALYTICAL SEMOTIKA ON THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS IN THE FILM A STREET CAT THE NAME BOB"

Methodology 

This study uses qualitative research methods with the presentation of semiotic analysis. The research aims to describe what is currently happening. In it there is an effort to describe, record, analyze and interpret the conditions that are currently happening or existing (Mardalis, 2003:26). In this study, the author makes observations on the film, through the opinions of film experts, directors, and other film practitioners. In this study, the author uses documents in the form of conversation quotes and scenes in the film A street cat named Bob. 

This method is also referred to as the artistic method, because the research process is more semi-animous, and is referred to as an interpretive method because the research data is more comfortable with the interpretation of the data found in the field. Qualitative research methods are often called naturalistic research methods because the research is carried out in natural conditions (natural setting); referred to as the ethnographic method, because initially this method was more widely used for research in the field of cultural anthropology; referred to as a qualitative method, because the data collected and the analysis is more qualitative in nature. (Sugiyono, 2010:7-8).

The data analysis technique used in this research is semiotic analysis. The type of analysis used is the semiotic approach of Charles Sanders Pierce who proposes a triangle theory of meaning which consists of three main elements, namely signs, objects and interpretants. In the film A street cat named Bob, the researcher uses three stages of analysis, namely:

Sign: Text on the picture in the film

Object: Contains the meaning of friendship in the film

Interpreter: Gives meaning and then interprets the data into narrative form.

Results and Discussion

In analyzing the meaning of friendship, the researcher uses the semiotic analysis method of Charles Sanders Peirce which examines the sign, where the sign is interpreted through the formulation of sign, object, interpretant. The values of the meaning of friendship contained in the film A street cat named Bob,

Togetherness

• Togetherness is built in a relationship between each other, in this film it can be seen when the scene of James and Bob is always together, Bob is always on James's shoulder when he is outside
• Cooperation
• Cooperation was built when they were busking on the side of the road. Bob made people amazed by him while James sang with his sweet voice to busking, their cooperation seemed to be compact
• Reciprocity
• Reciprocity is carried out successfully if it is mutually beneficial to one another, for example when Bob always accompanies James when singing makes the results he gets increase, and the reciprocity that James does is to provide delicious food and take good care of Bob.

In the markers and signs of this scene, researchers found the value of friendship utility (usefulness or usefulness), reinforcement (affirmation), emotional support (ego support) and encouragement (stimulations). Utility is shown when Kris gives almost all of his wealth to Jessica and Gina in need. According to Littlejohn & Foss, in the pattern of interaction, there is a type of message control, one of which complementarity , namely when someone is having a hard time, someone else can help, as seen from the scene that was brought by James and Bob, telling about friendships that need each other and are mutually beneficial.

Conclusion 

In this film, the researcher uses a qualitative method that examines a phenomenon of a friendship between humans and animals taken from a true story. This film tells of an orange cat who saved the life of a homeless person who started out as just a pet and became a close friend from the point of view of the character, characteristics. , theme, flow used. 

This film contains a lot of inspiration in real life as already discussed is the friendship of a human and an animal, analyzing by looking at the togetherness of bob and james in the film depicts a true story that has happened to make the audience carried away by emotions to follow the storyline. This film is highly recommended by researchers because it is an inspiring family film with a forward plot of interesting places, even the characters who play the role.

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