Bridging Theory and Practice of Cinematic Costumes' Visual Language from The Semiotics of Culture Perspective: A Study of Black Panther Film

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1 Ph.D. in Expressive Arts, Decoration Department,, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University

2 Decoration Department,,, faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Abstract

“If clothing is a language, it must have a vocabulary and grammar like other languages….as with human speech, there is not a single language of dress, but many closely related and others almost unique. Within every language of clothes, there are many different dialects and accents, some almost unintelligible to members of the mainstream culture. Moreover, as with speech, each individual has his stock of words and employs personal variations of tone and meaning. To study cinematic costumes, it is necessary to apply linguistic approaches in deconstruction and synthesis - based on the fact that costume is a non-spoken language, by extrapolating the meanings of costume, determining its connotations, assigning its signifier units, and monitoring its social, economic, psychological, cultural and ideological symbols and purposes.



This research will undertake a theoretical analysis of cultural semiotics and how it is applied in the field of cinematic costume design through the analysis of "Black Panther" film costumes It will compare theory and practice to understand the relationship between semiotics of culture and cinematic costumes and how culture is translated into a visually readable language using interpretative tools.

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Journal of Heritage and Design

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Available Online from 01 May 2024

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