Semiotics is a linguistic system in cinema which illustrates the qualities of the film. Semiotics theory highlights the mise-en-scène of a film in terms of the relationship between the film's themes, on-screen characters, and associated objects. Semiotic concepts can be presented at different levels in films. These may be linguistic signs or objects of justification allowing the audience to make sense of the film. The semiotic approach to cinema not only emphasizes what is explicitly stated on screen, but it also shows signs of an underlying message and meaning behind the objects of justification. In this essay, I will discuss the semiotic signs that are embodied in different objects of justification in the films Citizen Kane and Thelma and Louise. Each object demonstrates a language-like phenomenon, which constructs essential meanings for the characters and plot of the film. In the film Citizen Kane, the presence of the glass ball first appeared in the first shot when Kane is left alone in his bed at the beginning of the film. As the scene plays out, the camera captures the moment the glass ball shatters after Kane drops it. The picture does not focus on Kane who is lying alone on his deathbed, but rather on the glass ball that contains a cabin in a snowy landscape that rolls down the staircase and eventually shatters on the ground. In this particular scene, the close-up of the glass ball acts as a semiotic sign, revealing an important meaning that ties Kane to the themes of the film; his reminiscence of his past and his loss. The landscape in the glass ball contains another space that is not yet revealed. The glass globe is therefore only an object of curiosity at the beginning of the film. The film slowly unfolds a semiotic language ......middle of paper ......d and takes control of the situation. Another scene where Thelma and Louise encounter the truck driver, who constantly acts rude and annoys them with offensive comments, they apologize to him for his lack of respect. But when he walks away and refuses to do so, Louise draws her gun and points it at the truck driver. She demands an apology then shoots the gun at the steering wheel and the tank of the truck. Thelma then pulls hers out and they both fire their guns until the truck explodes. In this shot, the weapon symbolizes their absurd actions by expressing their demands for an apology. Therefore, it is evident that Thelma and Louise use a gun throughout the film, showing the viewer that the gun demonstrates a semiotic sign of many defensive and irrational acts, both in situations where they need to protect themselves from unpleasant encounters and demand what they want.