INTERPRETATION OF SEMIOTIC ON SHAUN THE SHEEP STOP MOTION ANIMATED WORDLESS CARTOON

This thesis dealed with descriptive qualitative study to find out the interpretation of Semiotics on Shaun the Sheep on children. The objectives of this research were 1) to find out how well the children understand the contents of the story in the episode Loony Tic of Shaun the Sheep, 2) to find out what categories of gestures that children can interpret toward the story in the episode Loony Tic of Shaun the Sheep and 3) to find out the type of the children’s interpretation. The Population of this research were Sixth level of 126 primary students from Sultan Iskandar Muda Institution in Sunggal. The samples were 15 children or about 11.9% who were chosen randomly. The data were obtained by testing them through writing their interpretation on the story of the episode Loony Tic. The result showed that there were 13.33% students in the level of Skilled understanding, 46.67% students in the level of Developing understanding, and 40% students in the level of need work understanding. Then, their interpretations toward the gestures in the film were 100% emblems, 40% affect display, and 13.33 % adaptor. This research also found that the students had 2 types of interpretation in writing their interpretations namely Interpretation of Revealation and Interpretation of Art. There were 73,33% of the students who were categorized as Interpretation of Revealation and 26.67% of the students who were categorized as Interpretation of Art. There was 0% student who was categorized as Interpretation of Gift.