Representasi Anak pada Film Perang (Analisis Semiotika pada Film Life is Beatiful dan The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas)

Abstract

This study aims to explain the representation of children in war-theme movies, entitled: "Life is Beautiful" and "The Boy in The Striped of Pajamas". Both of movies have the same story setting, that is when NAZI dominate Europe. The main characters from those movies are children aged 6 and 7 years old. At that age, children are at a pra-operational phase on cognitive development. With qualitative approach and semiotic analysis, this study presents the early childhood’s construction of meaning about the conditions of war. The results of this study show that the children characters in this both film are represented to be the individuals that have the right to get a better life.