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I den här undersökningen studeras hur visuella linjer används i den sydkoreanska filmen Parasite (2019) och hur dessa tillsammans med filmens mise-en-scène och bildkomposition bidrar till att förstärka de sociala teman som finns. Detta görs genom en semiotisk- och formanalys med hjälp av filmvetenskapliga begrepp. Teorier som används är främst Pierre Bourdieus kapitalteori men också filmvetenskapliga begrepp som mise-en-scène och dess underkategorier så som; setting, kostym och smink samt ljus. Dessutom ligger kameraarbetet och bildkomposition i fokus. Fyra olika scener där visuella linjer är närvarande valdes ut och analyserades, och samtliga semiotiska tecken i scenerna tolkades på en denotativ och konnotativ nivå. Genom att de kopplas till Pierre Bourdieus kapitalteorier om kulturellt, socialt och ekonomiskt kapital samt habitus och fält visar resultatet av undersökningen att de visuella linjerna, tillsammans med scenernas mise-en-scène och bildkomposition bidrar till att förstärka de sociala och ekonomiska skillnaderna. / This study examines the use of visual lines in the South Korean film Parasite (2019) and how they, together with the film’s mise-en-scène and composition, contribute to reinforce its social themes. A semiotic and form analasys is used, utilizing film theoretical concepts. The primary theory used is Pierre Bourdeu’s capital theory, as well as film studies concepts such as mise-en-scène and its subcategories, including setting, costume and makeup and lighting. Additionally, camera work and composition are emphasized. Four scenes featuring visual lines were selected and analyzed and semiotics signs in the scenes were interpreted both denotatively and connotatively. By connecting them to Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of cultural, social, and economic capital as well as habitus and fields, the results of the study demonstrate that the visual lines, along with the mise-en-scène and the visual composition of the scenes, contributes to reinforce social and economic divisions.

Bong Joon-ho‟s monster movie blockbuster, The Host (Gweomul, 2006), is the most commercially successful film in South Korean cinema history. The film‟s popularity and significance derive from its unearthing of the ambivalence concerning South Korea‟s rapid transformation from a rural dictatorship to an urban democracy with one of the strongest economies on the planet. This ambivalence is buried beneath a veneer of "progress" blanketing contemporary South Korea and constitutes a condition I call inverted exile. The Host explicitly engages life in inverted exile through my notion of aesthetic dialogue. Aesthetic dialogue, takes influence from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and allows for proliferation of meaning beyond authorial intent by focusing on The Host‟s context. My approach focuses on genre, narrative, and style to flesh out the political, historical, and social ambivalences behind any given moment of The Host to put them in dialogue with one another. The project progresses through sites of cultural dialogue central to the film and/or life in inverted exile: the monster, the city, the home. I approach each site through the genres associated with them and gender roles each of them assume in inverted exile. South Korea‟s transformation and its relationship with the United States are causes of anxiety (e.g. loss of traditional values, overwhelming Western influence) and desire (political freedom, economic opportunity). Ultimately, I argue, The Host suggests that South Korea and its citizens need to embrace the ambivalences of inverted exile and actively shape an identity that takes an active and critical attitude towards Western influence. Such an attitude can better preserve the desirable aspects of traditional culture (e.g. traditional food, familial unity) and alleviate the anxieties caused by Western influence (e.g. rampant consumerism, unjust class divisions). The Host‟s dialogic form is integral to its shaping of Korean identity as it takes from multiple cultural sources (i.e. Hollywood and Korean history) without challenging their polarization.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the filmography of Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho [Pong Chun-ho], and to provide a limited textual analysis of each film divided across two categories: the “explicitly ecological” and “implicitly ecological”. The intent is to, by viewing all of Bong’s films leading up to his critical and commercial success Parasite, argue that Parasite is as much an environmental film as it is critical of neoliberalism and globalization, both of which are common readings of not only Parasite, but all of Bong’s work.The findings are that while Parasite avoids overt and exaggerated displays of eco-destruction visible in his Sci-fi films, the film still displays a conscious environmental awareness. The rainstorm featured in the second act of the film can be viewed not only through a local lens as an example of the dichotomy between wealthy and poor families in South Korea as it pertains to environmental crises, but as a microcosm of how climate change stands to impact the financially disenfranchised across the globe as climate shifts continue to grow. / Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka den koreanska regissören Bong Joon-hos filmografi och genom en begränsad analys av varje enstaka film, uppdelade i kategorierna ”explicit ekologiska” och ”implicit ekologiska” filmer. Avsikten är att genom en genomgång av alla Bongs filmer upp till publik och kritikersuccén Parasit argumentera för att Parasit är lika mycket en ekologisk film som den är en kritik av globalisering och neoliberalism, uppfattningar som förekommer ofta när det Bongs filmer diskuteras.Slutsatsen är att även om Parasit undviker lika storskaliga och överdrivna exempel av ekologisk förstörelse som i hans science-fictionfilmer så visar filmen fortfarande upp en ekologisk medvetenhet. Regnstormen som förekommer i filmens andra akt kan ses inte bara som ett exempel på skillnaden på hur rika och fattiga familjer i Sydkorea hanterar ekologiska kriser, men kan även tolkas som ett mikrokosm av hur klimatförändringar kommer påverka de finansiellt utsatta världen över allteftersom de förvärras.