Abstract
The film A street cat the name Bob is taken from the true story of a street performer who motivated many people through the book he wrote and then adapted it into a film. This study aims to explore the meaning of friendship which is represented in the film a street cat the name Boob, researchers use Charles Sanders Peirce theory with qualitative methods and collect data through observation data collection techniques, documentation by Charles Sanders Peirce categorizes the triangle theory of meaning which consists of three main elements namely, signs, objects, and interpretants. shows that friendship in the movie "a street cat the name boob" consists of two types of friendship, namely friendship because of benefits and true friendship as seen in James Bown and boob friendship.
Keywords: friendship, The street cat the name Boob movie, semiotics.
Introduction:
as social beings who need each other, humans cannot live individually, so they require interaction between each other to build interpersonal relationships and establish closeness and even friendship in establishing closeness, humans usually tend to gather or group with several people. Gathering and this group will form into a friendship. Friendship does not only occur between humans but also animals, they become friends to confide in and even life partners who need each other.
One form of communication that uses channels or media in connecting the communicant with the communicator is the mass media. According to Vera (2014) mass media connects communicants and communicators en masse, in the sense of large numbers, scattered everywhere, heterogeneous and anonymous audiences, and causing certain effects. One of them is film. Film as a means of delivering messages in which there are implied and explicit meanings.
Film is one of the communication media in the form of images and audio that uses channel media to connect communicators en masse, becoming one of the easiest forms of entertainment to be found on television, cinema, or certain websites. People are now easy to access it by watching streaming or downloading it. Film is a field of study for structural analysis or semiotics.Â
By analyzing the signs of various systems that are working well in an effort to achieve the expected effect. The more important semiotic system in the film is the use of iconic signs, namely signs that describe something (Sobur, 2017: 128). in fiction films or story films consisting of various genres, namely drama, action, comedy, horror, animation, musical, cartoon (Vera,2014:95)
film A street cat named Bob (2016) is a drama, comedy, Hollywood's newest family film. which was released on November 18, 2016 in the USA. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. Film with a duration of 1 hour 43 minutes. With Bob the cat as Street cat (as Bob), Luke Treadway as James Bowen. Tells the true story of a street busker named James Bowen who has a pet cat named Bob. James is a street artist who is looking for money to support the economy. James is a drug addict. This film has a 4-star rating for a motivating family film.
His life started from when he joined a drug addict rehabilitation program, his struggle to find a place to live and earn money to eat and live a normal life. At that time he found a hungry cat and fed it and planned to return it, but it turned out that the orange cat did not have an owner and was taken care of by James, the cat named Bob he always followed James wherever he went to sleep, eat, bathe, even when singing.Â
At the time of busking Bob always on James' shoulders which made many people interested and amazed, from that moment they were friends with each other, James said that Bob was a cat who brought blessings they were always together when going through difficult things. For example, when James was on the slopes to sing and sell newspapers, Bob was always there, they shared a meal with each other even though the money had run out.
