A Multimodal Analysis of Films: Toward a Peircean Framework

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declare that there is no conflict of interest with regard to this study.Notes1 Directed by Brad Bird. 2007. USA: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios.2 Directed by Oliver Stone. 1986. USA: Hemdale Film Corporation.3 Directed by Charlie Chaplin. 1936. USA: Charles Chaplin Productions.4 Also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance. 1982. USA: American Zoetrope, IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education.5 Directed by Jon Favreau. 2019. USA: Walt Disney Pictures.6 Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore. 2016. USA: Walt Disney Pictures.7 Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 1972. USA: Paramount Pictures, Albert S. Ruddy Productions, Alfran Productions.8 Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. 2021. Japan: Bitters End, C&I Entertainment, Culture Entertainment, et al.9 Directed by Lars Von Trier. 2003. Denmark and et al: Zentropa Entertainments and et al.10 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 1948. USA: Transatlantic Pictures.11 Directed by Albert Lamorisse. 1978. France.12 It is an American animated comedy television series. USA: Walt Disney Pictures.13 It is an American animated short films. USA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer14 A film series directed by David Yates. USA: Warner Bros. Pictures.15 Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2014. USA: Village Roadshow Pictures and et al.16 Directed by Moustapha Akkad. 1976. Lebanon and et al: Filmco International Productions Inc.17 Directed by Asghar Farhadi. 2021. Iran and France: Asghar Farhadi Production, et al.18 Directed by Sergio Leone. 1966. Italy: Produzioni Europee Assiociate and United Artists.19 Directed by James Marsh. 2014. United Kingdom and et al: Working Title Films.20 Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 1950. Japan: Daiei Film.Additional informationNotes on contributorsSeyed Mohammad JamasbiSeyed Mohammad Jamasbi is a Master’s graduate of Animation in the Faculty of Arts, Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. He completed his bachelor degree in Visual Communication from the Art University of Isfahan, Iran. Jamasbi is widely interested in semiotics and cinema semiotics.Arash GhazvinehArash Ghazvineh is a PhD candidate in Arts Research at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. He completed his master’s in Dramatic Literature at the same university with a thesis on the intersemiotic translation from dramatic texts to films. His research centers on multimodality, sign-processes and semiosis and cultural semiotics.