Semiotics

Semiotics is the study of signs - anything which stands for something else. For instance, when looking at an iPhone, the application icons are recognized as something else with a name, without being labelled. Similarly, an application with a number and a month written on it clearly shows that it is a calendar. 

The process in which we see and feel about something is detonating and making connotations.

Denotation: What we see when we look at an image (what it is).

Connotation: What we understand from this image (what other meanings it has).

Insatiable is based on a bullied teenager who turns to beauty pageants as a way to make her revenge, with the help of a disgraced coach who soon realises he's in over his head. The front cover for the Netflix TV series is powerful and has semiotics that can be identified.

Denotations:
- She has a crown on her head
- Her facial expressions
- The yellow/orange/red flames are held up to her lips
- The title 'Insatiable' is a bold font in blue

Connotations:
- The crown symbolises a beauty pageant, or something she has won at. She looks confident and slightly arrogant.
- Her eyes have a gazing expression which present ideas of her having a target or being strong minded. It also comes across like she is looking at the viewer, when looking straight at the camera's shot.
- The lighter that is held up to her lips shows and fearlessness. We symbolise fire with pain and danger when we see this on the cover.
- The meaning behind the word 'Insatiable', is impossible to satisfy or someone. It shows that she will not stop at anything which can be presented as obsessive.

Semiotics