The Production of Thai Films with Political Semiotics in Thailand

Abstract

The research was on The Production of Thai Films Political Semiotic in Thailand aims to study Thai films and produce creative Thai film screenplays. The study investigates how Thai films employ symbols to convey political messages and in what forms, employing semiotics as the primary analytical tool. This research is qualitative in nature and select Thai films from period 2015 to 2019, a time of Military dictatorship in Thailand and when film was significantly influenced by society trends. A total of six film were analyzed through a screenplay analysis approach. From the research findings, it was observed that in all six films, the following patterns emerged regarding the use of symbols to convey meaning (1) narrative unit analysis: Thai films predominantly employed a narrative-driven approach to convey meaning; (2) the myth attitude of Thai films primarily use event-based symbolism to convey meaning, with character-based symbolism, being secondary. In terms of symbolic distances, Thai films use a three-tiered approach to symbolism, with a the primary focus on symbols. All six films utilize symbols to convey meaning related to the same thematic aspects, including social structure, expression, emotion, societal idealism, upper class, and lower class.