This document summarizes a research paper that analyzed the intrinsic elements and theme of the horror film Mama. The key intrinsic elements identified were:
1) Plot elements of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
2) Major characters of Annabel, Mama, Victoria, and minor characters.
3) Settings of various locations and times.
4) Point of view taken from the character Victoria.
The research concluded that these intrinsic elements influenced and conveyed the theme of "mother's love", as shown through the relationships between the female characters and Victoria and Lily.
AN ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC ELEMENTS ON JAMES JOYCE SHORT STORYFinni Rice
This thesis analyzes the intrinsic elements in James Joyce's short story "Eveline". The researcher identifies the following key elements:
1) The plot includes exposition, complication, rising action, crisis, climax, falling action and denouement.
2) The settings are Eveline's home, outside her workplace, a theater, and a train station.
3) The main characters are Eveline, her cruel father, her love interest Frank, and her coworker Miss Gavan.
4) The themes are family, love, security, and the desire for escape from poverty and routine.
5) Symbols include a field from Eveline's childhood and a picture
This document contains personal information for an individual named Jenny Girl Papaya, including her name, email, password, birthdate, phone numbers, and links to her social media profiles and online accounts. It also includes definitions and descriptions of common elements of short stories, such as setting, plot, conflict, character, point of view, and theme.
The document discusses various elements of short stories including setting, plot, characters, conflict, theme, and point of view. It defines setting as including the place, time period, weather, social conditions, and mood. It explains that plot consists of an introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. It also outlines how characters can be portrayed through their physical description, thoughts, actions, and what others say about them. The document notes there are two types of conflict - external and internal - and four kinds - man vs man, man vs circumstances, man vs society, and man vs himself. It provides examples of common themes and describes different points of view a story can be told from.
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The Definition Of NovelBrittany Brown
This document summarizes key elements of a novel, including:
1. Theme - the main idea or meaning expressed in a novel.
2. Plot - the sequence of events in a story, including conflicts and climaxes.
3. Characters - the people in the story, including main/peripheral and protagonist/antagonist characters.
4. Setting - the time, place, and social environment where the story takes place.
5. Point of view - the perspective from which the story is told, such as first person, third person, or omniscient.
The document outlines several key elements of short stories:
1) Setting provides the time, location, weather, social context and mood of a story. Conflict is essential to the plot and can include man vs. man, circumstances, society or oneself.
2) Characters are usually few, with one central protagonist and an antagonist opposing them. Characters are developed through their appearance, words, actions, and how others see them.
3) Point of view determines the perspective of the narrator, which can be first person, omniscient limited showing multiple characters' perspectives, or omniscient objective observing like a camera.
4 II THE INTRINSIC ELEMENTS OF LITERATURESarah Brown
The document discusses the intrinsic elements of literature, including theme, plot, character, setting, and point of view. It provides definitions and explanations of each element:
- Theme is the main idea or point of the story and must represent the whole story. It is not always obvious and requires understanding the story.
- Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story. It can be classified based on time order (progressive, flashback, mixed), number of plots (single or sub-plots), and content (fortune, character, thought).
- Character can be main or peripheral, protagonist or antagonist. Characters may be flat (single trait) or round (complex traits that change).
The female body image and indian popular cinema: An analysis of three films—J...Taha Mazumdar
The document analyzes the portrayal of women in three Bollywood films - Jism, Murder, and Aksar. It finds that women are consistently shown as erotic objects for the male gaze, with their bodies frequently exposed and dismembered. Seduction and intimate scenes focus disproportionately on the female form to reinforce male castration anxiety. While some films depict women as able to be sexually dominant, it is still through the male perspective. The films generally send messages that women are meant to attract, satisfy, and be dominated by men.
There are several important narrative theories and theorists that are useful to understand different types of narratives and how meaning is conveyed. Vladimir Propp and Tzvetan Todorov looked at common structural elements of narratives including equilibrium, disruption, quest, climax and resolution. Roland Barthes identified action and enigma codes that drive narratives. Allan Cameron defined modular narratives that manipulate time like anachrony, forking paths and episodic structures. Understanding these theories can help analyze and create strong narratives.
AN ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC ELEMENTS ON JAMES JOYCE SHORT STORYFinni Rice
This thesis analyzes the intrinsic elements in James Joyce's short story "Eveline". The researcher identifies the following key elements:
1) The plot includes exposition, complication, rising action, crisis, climax, falling action and denouement.
2) The settings are Eveline's home, outside her workplace, a theater, and a train station.
3) The main characters are Eveline, her cruel father, her love interest Frank, and her coworker Miss Gavan.
4) The themes are family, love, security, and the desire for escape from poverty and routine.
5) Symbols include a field from Eveline's childhood and a picture
This document contains personal information for an individual named Jenny Girl Papaya, including her name, email, password, birthdate, phone numbers, and links to her social media profiles and online accounts. It also includes definitions and descriptions of common elements of short stories, such as setting, plot, conflict, character, point of view, and theme.
The document discusses various elements of short stories including setting, plot, characters, conflict, theme, and point of view. It defines setting as including the place, time period, weather, social conditions, and mood. It explains that plot consists of an introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. It also outlines how characters can be portrayed through their physical description, thoughts, actions, and what others say about them. The document notes there are two types of conflict - external and internal - and four kinds - man vs man, man vs circumstances, man vs society, and man vs himself. It provides examples of common themes and describes different points of view a story can be told from.
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The Definition Of NovelBrittany Brown
This document summarizes key elements of a novel, including:
1. Theme - the main idea or meaning expressed in a novel.
2. Plot - the sequence of events in a story, including conflicts and climaxes.
3. Characters - the people in the story, including main/peripheral and protagonist/antagonist characters.
4. Setting - the time, place, and social environment where the story takes place.
5. Point of view - the perspective from which the story is told, such as first person, third person, or omniscient.
The document outlines several key elements of short stories:
1) Setting provides the time, location, weather, social context and mood of a story. Conflict is essential to the plot and can include man vs. man, circumstances, society or oneself.
2) Characters are usually few, with one central protagonist and an antagonist opposing them. Characters are developed through their appearance, words, actions, and how others see them.
3) Point of view determines the perspective of the narrator, which can be first person, omniscient limited showing multiple characters' perspectives, or omniscient objective observing like a camera.
4 II THE INTRINSIC ELEMENTS OF LITERATURESarah Brown
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- Theme is the main idea or point of the story and must represent the whole story. It is not always obvious and requires understanding the story.
- Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story. It can be classified based on time order (progressive, flashback, mixed), number of plots (single or sub-plots), and content (fortune, character, thought).
- Character can be main or peripheral, protagonist or antagonist. Characters may be flat (single trait) or round (complex traits that change).
The female body image and indian popular cinema: An analysis of three films—J...Taha Mazumdar
The document analyzes the portrayal of women in three Bollywood films - Jism, Murder, and Aksar. It finds that women are consistently shown as erotic objects for the male gaze, with their bodies frequently exposed and dismembered. Seduction and intimate scenes focus disproportionately on the female form to reinforce male castration anxiety. While some films depict women as able to be sexually dominant, it is still through the male perspective. The films generally send messages that women are meant to attract, satisfy, and be dominated by men.
There are several important narrative theories and theorists that are useful to understand different types of narratives and how meaning is conveyed. Vladimir Propp and Tzvetan Todorov looked at common structural elements of narratives including equilibrium, disruption, quest, climax and resolution. Roland Barthes identified action and enigma codes that drive narratives. Allan Cameron defined modular narratives that manipulate time like anachrony, forking paths and episodic structures. Understanding these theories can help analyze and create strong narratives.
This home work is for the story by Flannery OConnor, A Good Man I.docxjwilliam16
This home work is for the story by Flannery O"Connor, A Good Man Is Hard To Find. As we study and discuss the story in class we learn about the power of a narrator, the carefully created traits of supporting characters, the power of setting and how the author uses these tools to describe the chosen theme. This two page paper asks you to focus on making a connection between
a
(one) literary term and the primary text. This paper is short, hence ONE very specific aspect of the text must be chosen to discuss. The term you choose must be explained in detail. The necessity, presence, and relevance of this aspect throughout the story must be shown clearly. These are the terms
Plot
– The structure of the action; the meaningful manipulation of the action; one aspect of the total design of the story.
Action
– NOT a single event (boring!), but rather a series of events having
unity and significance
.
Narration
– To narrate is to tell a story, to tell what happened. Always be mindful of who the narrator is, where we are getting the story from. Is our narrator reliable? Trustworthy? Damaged?
Be mindful when reading texts chosen for this course to pay attention to
when narration shifts
.
Theme
– Not to be thought of as merely the topic of the story. It is what is made of the topic. It is the idea, the significance, the interpretation of persons and events in the total narrative. It is what we (as the reader) are to make of the human experience rendered in the story – always involving, (directly or indirectly) some comment on values in human nature and conduct.
Symbol
– An object, character, or incident that stands for something else, or suggests something else. The crown, the cross, or the flag are conventional symbols, but the symbols we are concerned with in these texts are not conventional. In fiction an author must make use of symbols at some level, not everything can be spelled out for us!
Foreshadowing
– (my favorite ‘f’ word) – The process of giving the reader a hint or clue of some event which is to follow late in the action. We (the reader) cannot make a blind leap, there must be some reasonable connection between the events – it may not be revealed as soon as we’d like, but it must be a logical connection.
Characters
– Characters are not real people! Be careful not to get too caught up with asking yourself whether or not you like this person, whether you’d hang out with them, or shouting at them to make better decisions. Pay attention to character traits and what they reveal about them; how they interact with other characters (and what that reveals), and what action or symbols are expressed through either characters alone of their involvement with others.
Setting
– The setting of a text is very relevant to all of the above; the traits of characters and how they interact with others; what kind of action can take place and when; they type of symbols that are present, and the theme, what message the author .
The document provides information about narrative theory and concepts that can be used to analyze media productions for an exam. It discusses several narrative theories and concepts, including:
1. Tzvetan Todorov's concept of narrative structure as involving an initial equilibrium, a disruption of equilibrium (disequilibrium), and a resolution or new equilibrium.
2. Vladimir Propp's concept of character archetypes in narratives, such as the hero, villain, helper, donor, princess, dispatcher, and false hero.
3. Roland Barthes' concepts of the hermeneutic (enigma) code and proairetic (action) code that create mystery and suspense in narratives.
4.
This document outlines the key elements of fiction as discussed by instructor Alvin B. Punongbayan. It identifies the main characters, settings, plot, point of view, theme, and style as the core components of any fictional work. Specifically, it defines the protagonist, antagonist, confidant, and foil as types of characters, and exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement as the typical parts of a plot. It also distinguishes between first person and third person points of view, with the third person having objective and omniscient subcategories. The goal is to provide a framework for analyzing fictional texts based on these fundamental elements.
This document discusses various theories of narrative analysis that can be applied to different media. It defines narrative as a chain of causally linked events with a beginning, middle, and end. Narrative theory analyzes how media texts communicate events. Several theorists are discussed, including Propp, who identified common character archetypes in folk stories, and Todorov, who proposed a 5-stage model of narrative structure. Other theorists mentioned are Barthes, Levi-Strauss, and Cameron. The document also discusses postmodern narratives and how narrative analysis considers elements like editing and sound to create meaning for audiences.
The document discusses various narrative structures and theories. It describes linear and non-linear narratives, such as dual narratives that show two perspectives, and flashbacks that take the audience back in time. Theories discussed include Tzvetan Todorov's theory of narrative structure involving equilibrium, disruption, recognition, repair, and reinstatement of equilibrium. Vladimir Propp analyzed Russian folk tales and identified 31 narrative functions and 7 character types. Claude Levi-Strauss viewed narrative as creating binary oppositions that further the story through conceptual conflicts like love/hate.
This document outlines several key elements of fiction, including plot, character, setting, point of view, style/tone/language, theme, and symbolism/allegory/imagery. It defines plot as the series of events that give a story meaning and usually involve a conflict. It also describes character, setting, point of view, style/tone/language, and theme and provides examples to illustrate these elements. Finally, it defines and distinguishes between symbolism, allegory, and imagery in fiction.
Our media product adheres to many conventions of real thriller films while also developing some original elements. We followed typical thriller conventions like incorporating characters of villains, victims, and heroes involved in a murder plot. Our use of flashbacks and different character perspectives also mirrored real thrillers. However, we were original by featuring a character with multiple personality disorder and including two antagonists. We developed suspense through these unique narrative techniques. While our setting and use of iconography like doors/gates adhered to typical mysterious and suspenseful thriller tropes, our product also contained new, original story elements.
This document provides an overview of several narrative theories and theorists. It defines narrative as a chain of causally linked events unfolding over time according to Bordwell and Thompson. Branigan emphasizes that narratives embody judgments about the nature of events. Propp analyzed character archetypes in stories, identifying 8 main character roles. Todorov and Barthes contributed additional frameworks for analyzing narratives through codes. Levi-Strauss discussed how narratives often rely on binary oppositions. Cameron identified different types of complex contemporary narratives. Examples are provided for how Propp's, Todorov's, Barthes' and Levi-Strauss' theories apply to the Taylor Swift song "You Belong with Me".
This document discusses various narrative and genre theories. It outlines key concepts from theorists such as Vladimir Propp's model of character archetypes in narratives, Tzvetan Todorov's model of narrative structure including equilibrium, disruption, recognition, attempt, and new equilibrium, and Roland Barthes' codes for analyzing narratives. It also discusses genre theory, noting that genres are dynamic and change over time through hybridization, as argued by theorists like David Buckingham and Rick Altman. Genres can be recognized through repeated generic codes and conventions according to Tom Ryall.
This document defines key elements and literary devices used in fiction writing, including setting, characters, plot, conflict, point of view, and theme. It describes setting as including the time, location, weather, social conditions, and mood. It explains that characters can be portrayed through description, thoughts, actions, and what others say. Plot is defined as a sequence of events with introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Conflict can be internal or external. Point of view determines the perspective the story is told from. Finally, theme is the central idea or insight about human nature that the author aims to convey.
The document discusses different theories of genres and narratives in filmmaking. It examines the views of several theorists such as Steve Neale, Robert Stan, Rick Altman, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Levi-Strauss, Tzvetan Todorov, Vladimir Propp, and Roland Barthes. The document also applies some of these theories to the horror genre film "Crow's Field" being produced by Lunar Productions, noting how elements of mystery, tension, symbols, and cultural meaning are used in its plot.
Our media product adheres to many conventions of real thriller films but also aims to be original in some ways:
- It includes common thriller elements like a killer, victims, and murder but adds an original twist with a character who has multiple personalities.
- Camera shots, sounds, and settings similarly create mystery and suspense as other thrillers but unique elements like flashbacks and non-diegetic sound are also used.
- Enigma and action codes engage audiences by raising questions like other thrillers but an unconventional cliffhanger ending aims to create even more suspense.
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Wes Anderson is known for his distinctive visual style in films like The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Some key elements of his style include symmetrical shots composed like paintings, use of bold colors like red and yellow to represent emotions and themes, and costumes that provide insight into characters. Anderson also draws inspiration from other directors like Mike Nichols and Yasujiro Ozu in his storytelling and visual techniques.
The document provides an overview of narrative theory and how it can be applied to analyze media texts. It discusses various narrative theorists like Propp, Barthes, Todorov, Levi-Strauss, and postmodern approaches. Key concepts from each theorist are outlined such as narrative codes, character archetypes, equilibrium-disequilibrium-resolution structure, and binary oppositions. Students are instructed to apply these narrative theories to analyze their coursework products and evaluate how useful each perspective is.
The document discusses various theory concepts including denotation versus connotation for symbols like snakes, flags, and guns. It also analyzes how meaning is created in movie posters through use of colors, fonts, images, and other design elements. Specific movie posters analyzed include Maleficent, Twilight, and The Hunger Games. The document also discusses stereotypes associated with different social groups. Iconography for different film genres like western, sci-fi, and fantasy are explored. Key concepts of linear versus non-linear narratives in films are defined and examples are provided.
This document discusses the characteristics and elements of realistic fiction in children's literature. It provides definitions of realistic fiction, noting that realistic stories depict events that could plausibly happen and address real-life issues. The document then lists and describes several key elements of realistic fiction stories, including setting, characterization, conflict, plot, theme, point of view, imagery, figurative language, author's intent/tone, and criteria for selecting titles. Examples are provided of two realistic fiction books, A Bridge to Terabithia and The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
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This document outlines the key elements of fiction as discussed by instructor Alvin B. Punongbayan. It identifies the main characters, settings, plot, point of view, theme, and style as the core components of any fictional work. Specifically, it defines the protagonist, antagonist, confidant, and foil as types of characters, and exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement as the typical parts of a plot. It also distinguishes between first person and third person points of view, with the third person having objective and omniscient subcategories. The goal is to provide a framework for analyzing fictional texts based on these fundamental elements.
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AN ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC ELEMENTS
IN MAMA FILM BY ANDRES MUSCHIETTI
Dinah Indriani, Surya Sili, Setya Ariani
Department of English Literature, Faculty of Cultural Studies,
Mulawaman University
Pos-el: dinahtwelver@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The aims of this research were to find out the intrinsic elements of Mama film and the
influences of those intrinsic elements on formulating the theme of Mama film. This research
used the intrinsic approach in order to find out the intrinsic elements of Mama film and
Lombardi’s theory on identifying a literary work’s theme to find the influences of the intrinsic
elements of Mama film on formulating its theme. This research used qualitative method as
its research design and the structuralism approach as the tool in analyzing the data. The data
of this research were taken from dialogues and narrations of Mama (2013) film script directed
by Andres Muschietti. Mama film was a horror film that focusing its theme on mother’s love.
As a result, this research showed the intrinsic elements of Mama film consisting of plot
(exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), characters (Annabel, Mama,
Lucas, Victoria, Lily, Aunt Jane, Dr. Gerald, Jeffrey Desange, and Burnsie), setting (place:
hospital, the court, Cabin Halvetia, Clifton Forge, Courtesy of the Institute, and Walls. Time:
the year of 1987, Thursday, breakfast time, and night), and point of view which was taken
from Victoria’s. Meanwhile, those intrinsic elements had their influences on formulating
Mama film’s theme which was: anyone as long as they have the genuine heart, would be able
to give the mother’s love. All of the intrinsic elements showed that mother’s love was the
theme of this film, given by the three women characters: Annabel, Mama, and Aunt Jane
towards Victoria and Lily.
Keywords: intrinsic elements, plot, theme, character, setting, point of view
ABSTRAK
Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengidentifikasi unsur-unsur intrinsik yang terdapat pada film
Mama dan pengaruh yang diberikan oleh unsur-unsur tersebut dalam menciptakan tema difilm Mama.
Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan intrinsik untuk megetahui unsur-unsur intrinsik dari film Mama
dan teori Lombardi dalam mengidentifikasi suatu tema dari karya sastra untuk mencari pengaruh unsur-
unsur intrinsik film Mama dalam membentuk temanya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif
sebagai bentuk penelitiannya dan pendekatan struktural sebagai alat untuk menganalisis data dalam
penelitian ini. Data yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini diambil dari dialog-dialog dan narasi-narasi skrip
film Mama (2013) yang disutradarai oleh Andres Muschietti. Film Mama merupakan film bergenre horor
yang temanya berfokus pada kasih ibu. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa unsur-unsur intrinsik
yang terdapat pada film Mama terdiri dari alur (orientasi, konflik, klimaks, antiklimaks, dan resolusi),
karakter (Annabel, Mama, Lucas, Victoria, Lily, Aunt Jane, Dr. Gerald, Jeffrey Desange, dan Burnsie),
latar (tempat: rumah sakit, pengadilan, Kabin Halvetia, Clifton Forge, institut penelitian, dan dinding).
Waktu: tahun 1987, hari Kamis, waktu sarapan, dan malam hari), dan sudut pandang yang diambil yaitu
sudut pandang Victoria. Disisi lain, semua unsur intrinsik tersebut memiliki pengaruhnya masing-masing
dalam penentuan tema film Mama yaitu siapapun itu, selama ia memiliki perasaan yang tulus, mampu
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untuk memberikan kasih ibu. Semua unsur intrinsik tersebut menunjukkan bahwa kasih ibu merupakan
tema dari film Mama yang berasal dari ketiga karakter perempuan: Annabel, Mama, dan Aunt Jean
terhadap Victoria dan Lily.
Kata Kunci: elemen-elemen intrinsik, alur, tema, karakter, latar, sudut pandang
A. INTRODUCTION
Intrinsic approach is an approach which analyze literary works based on the text and
the structural points of literary works; character, plot, setting and point of view (qtd. in
Saragih 3). In this research, the researcher chose the intrinsic elements to be analyzed because
the intrinsic elements are interrelated to one another and as the elements that develop literary
works from inside. According to Ramrao, film and literature are the artistic expressions of
human mind (149). Film is such as field more related to photography and painting in the
beginning.
Films also have some genres such as action, drama, fantasy, comedy, horror, etc. One
of the interesting genres is horror. According to Mocna–Paterka (qtd. in Prohaszkova 134),
based on the historic tradition and the frequent occurrence of supernatural elements, horror
genre focuses on the aesthetic aspect and emotions, which are evoked in the viewers (fear,
horror, anxiety). Based on this, horror is defined as a genre of popular literature focused on
evoking emotions of dread, fear and tension. In this research, the researcher chose Mama
(2013) film directed by Andres Muschietti as an object to be analyzed. There were two
objectives in this research: to find the intrinsic elements that are depicted and the influences
of those elements (plot, character, setting, and point of view) on formulating the theme in
Mama film.
B. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
In this research, the researcher focused on the structural points on literary works that
are classified into five classifications: plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme and
the influences of plot, setting, character, and point of view on formulating the theme of a
literary work.
1. Plot
Plot is the way in which events are arranged in a work of literature. David Bordwell and
Kristin Thompson in their book Film Art: An Introduction state that the term plot is used to
describe everything visibly and audibly present in the film before us. The plot includes, first,
all the story events that are directly depicted. Second, the film’s plot may contain material
that is extraneous to the story world (57). There are some kinds of plot such as exposition,
rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution:
a. Exposition is an opening or the beginning of the story that introduces the main
characters, background information inside the story for the people who watch and read
so that they could understand and are easy to follow the film context.
b. Rising action is the portion of the play where the complication and entanglement occurs
(Hubenka and Gracia in Kusumawati 10). In this part the antagonist causes the problem
for the protagonist. There are two kinds of conflict faced by protagonist, internal and
external conflicts. In other words, rising action is when the author started to show the
conflict in the story.
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c. Climax is moment of greatest tension the characters must face in the story (Diyanni 45).
It is the peak of story where the result of this situation will cause an effect that has to be
accepted for the characters.
d. Falling Action is when the tension of the story going down or calm down (Diyanni 45).
e. Resolution is the when the problems are sorted out and resolved (Diyanni 45). This part
is the final element of plot and the end of conflict.
2. Characters
Characters are the important part of a story. It helps to send the message of the story through
the behaviour and expression of the character. According to Gill, character is a person in a
literary work, whereas characterization is the way in which a character is created (105).
Characters are all the product of characterization. Besides that, characters can be classified
into minor character (antagonist) and major character (protagonist):
a. Antagonist character is related when the story has conflict for the protagonist character
to achieve the goals that protagonist character is represented for the audience (Diyanni
56). The antagonist characters are usually known as a bad character in the story.
b. Protagonist is a good character who usually solves the problem of a story and fights
against the antagonist. According to Pickering and Hoeper, the protagonist is usually
easy enough to identify: he or she is the essential character without whom there would
be not in the first place (qtd. in Famela 14).
3. Setting
According to Kennedy and Gioia, setting has four elements. There are place and time to
show how the characters act, how the characters socialize with others and how the characters
show their human nature to the audience when they see it (107-108).
4. Point of View
According to the Ralph H and Millet, point of view is a technique used by an author to
narrate the story (qtd. in Ardiyanthi 22). Point of view is the angle from which a story is told,
the intelligence through whose authority we view the characters and the action. Point of view
refers to the narrator or teller of the story.
5. Theme
In discovering the theme, the filmmaker will examine their attitude (the filmmakers’) toward
the subject, study the material and analyze their knowledge of the audience (Douglass and
Harnden 3). According to Nicholas, theme in literature is an important subject experience
of our public and private life such as love, death, marriage, hope, despair, and so on (2). In
other word, theme is the general idea insight the story. Theme is also the message which the
author wants to communicate by making a story and telling the story.
6. The Ways To Identify Themes in Literature
Lombardi states that a theme is a central or underlying idea in literature, which may be stated
directly or indirectly (“How to identify the theme”). All novels, stories, poems, and other
literary works have at least one theme running through them. There are some ways to identify
themes in literature such as:
a. Note the plot of work: take a few moments to write down the main literary elements:
plot, character, setting, tone, language style, etc. What were the conflict in the work?
Does the author resolve the conflict? How did the work end?
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b. Identify the subject of the work: if you were to tell a friend what the work of literature
was about, how would you describe that. What would you say is the topic?
c. Who is the protagonist? How does he or she change? Does the protagonist affect other
characters? How does this character relate to others?
d. Assess the author’s point of view: What might be the author’s attitude toward the
resolution of the main conflict? What message might the author be sending us? This
message is the theme.
C. RESEARCH METHOD
This research used qualitative method and structuralism approach to analyze the data.
According to Hsieh and Shanon, qualitative content analysis is defined as a research method
for the subjective interpretation of the content of text data through the systematic
classification process of coding and identifying themes or patterns. The source of the data in
this research was a film, Mama, directed by Andres Muschietti. This was a horror film released
in 2013. The data of this research were words from the dialogues and narration of Mama film
script. The researcher in this research was the instrument to finish the research and answered
the questions because the researcher conducted a qualitative research. In this research, there
were several data collection techniques done such as: the researcher watched Mama film
several times, read the movie script, and highlighted the data needed to answer the research
questions.
In analyzing the data of this research, the researcher performed three steps according to
Miles and Huberman: data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing (429). In the data
reduction step, the researcher selected the data needed from the conversations and words
that explained actions related to the plot, characters, setting, point of view, and theme while
for the data display, the researcher narratively explained the data and then chose the
appropriate data which were related to the research questions. As the last step, conclusion
drawing or verifying was the process of drawing the conclusion after analyzing the data
collected. The researcher also used data and theoretical triangulations in interpreting the data.
D. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
1. The Intrinsic Elements of Mama Film
Mama film had the intrinsic elements as a literary work such as plot, characters, setting,
point of view, and theme.
a. Plot
Plot of Mama film consisted of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
1. Exposition: Mama film’s opening sound was from a radio car as the narrator.
Data 1 “The crash of 29, 1987 Black Monday came with tragic suicides and
murders, this collapse is no exception. Just one hour ago as the market
were opening, 2 partners at CaptVilliers Holding were shot at the
troubled company's headquarters. Senior partner, Laura Muller, died
on site. An analyst, Albert Bernard, is in critical condition. Jeffrey
Desange, also senior partner, was in the office at the time of the
shooting and is now gone missing.” (min. 00:00:41 –00:01:06)
The director presented Jeffrey Desange character as Victoria’s and Lily’s father. The
condition was terrifying when the police squad barged into Jeffrey’s house. The director
created Jeffrey character as the one who was stressed out by the current situation and
decided to bring out his daughters, Victoria and Lily to a place that nobody could find.
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He brought them to a cabin in the middle of forest. He loved his daughters, but the
condition imposed him to give up by shooting his own daughters and committed suicide.
2. Rising Action: The rising action in this film began when Mama got jealous with the
affection of Annabel towards Victoria and Lily. They lived together in the Courtesy of
Institute. She took care of the girls and got Mama angry because of jealousy.
Data 4 Victoria: Good night, Annabel. I love you. (min.01:17:05)
Annabel’s affection towards the girls and the way they finally opened up to Annabel got
Mama to be jealous and angry, because she did not want to lose Victoria and Lily.
3. Climax: The climax of the story was when the director introduced Mama to Annabel.
Annabel explained to Dr. Gerald that she heard someone visited Victoria and Lily and
sang song for them.
Data 5 Annabel: I heard her. She was singing to them, like a lullaby, or
something. (min 00:44:48 –00:44:57)
Annabel explained to Dr. Gerald if there was someone who visited and sang to the girls.
4. Falling Action: The falling action in this film was when Annabel told Lucas about the
strange things that kept happening towards the girls and the cause of it.
Data 7 Annabel: She’s gonna kill them. We gotta go to the cabin. She was
here with them the whole time. Dr. Dryfuss knew it. (min.
01:25:52–01:25:55)
Mama brought the girls to Cabin Halvetia. She got Victoria and Lily to the cliff and
showing herself in front of Annabel and Lucas. At that time, Annabel brought something
that Mama had been looking for a long time, which was the skull of Mama’s lost baby.
5. Resolution: In this film, the resolution was when Victoria and Lily decided their own
happiness.
Data 8 Victoria: Victoria, stay. (min. 01:32:08–01:32:47)
The director presented an emotional moment when they had to separate because Victoria
wanted to stay with Annabel in the real life and Lily stayed with Mama in another life.
As the conclusion, Mama film had all the elements of plot which were the exposition,
rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
b. Characters
The characters of Mama film were:
1. Annabel character was casted by Jessica Chastain. In this film, Annabel was described as
a member of a rock band. At first, Annabel refused everything about the girls.
Data 9 Annabel: But I’m not prepared for this. I can’t do this alone. This
is not my job to do. (min. 00:36:29–00:36:46)
Actually, Annabel was a good-hearted girl even though sometimes being selfish. In the
end of this film, Annabel truly loved Victoria and Lily a lot. Annabel was a protagonist
character because she was a nice character who solved the problem. She dared to face
Mama in order to save Victoria and Lily.
2. Victoria was casted by Meghan Charpenter. She was portrayed as a little girl wearing
glasses, with curly blonde long hair and white skin. She was a lovely and caring person.
Data 10 Victoria: I don't want you to get hurt. (min. 00:52:17–00:52:28)
Victoria refused Annabel’s offer because she did not want Mama to hurt her.
3. Mama character was casted by Javier Botet. She was portrayed as a ghost called Mama.
Actually, she was a loving person. This was shown when she took care of Victoria and
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Lily for five years and also when Annabel brought her baby’s skull in the cliff. Mama cried
because she had found her baby that she kept looking for a long time. In this film, Mama
was an antagonist character because she was the only one who started the conflict with
other characters by killing the people around Victoria and Lily.
4. Dr. Gerald character was casted by Daniel Kash. He was described as a psychiatry who
examined Victoria and Lily in his new research. Dr. Gerald character was also an
important part in this film because his research gave helpful information about Mama.
5. Lucas was casted by Nicolaj Coster –Waldau. He was portrayed as a person of two figures,
which were as Victoria’s and Lily’s father and as their uncle. Lucas was also the reason
why Annabel accepted the responsibility of taking care Victoria and Lily.
6. Lily character was casted by Isabelle Nelisse. In this film, she was described as Victoria’s
little sister. Lily appeared a little bit different from general children at her age. Lily almost
never talked with other people except with Mama and Victoria which made her as a static
character that did not change in any significant way during the course of the work.
7. Aunt Jean was casted by Jane Moffat. She was described as Victoria’s and Lily’s aunt. She
was portrayed as an aggressive person because of wanting to take care of her nieces while
in fact she could not. Yet, she did actually care about her nieces which was the reason of
her aggressive behaviour.
8. Burnsie was casted by David Fox. He was portrayed as someone who helped Lucas to
find Victoria and Lily. Burnsie was a good person because he helped Lucas to find his
nieces. Burnsie was only shown in the first scene of this film when he found Victoria and
Lily which made him included as a flat character.
c. Setting
In Mama film, there were only two kinds of setting used in the story, place and time. Setting
of place:
1. Hospital was one of the setting of places in Mama film. This was the place when Mama
still was a patient of the hospital for sad people. She lived with her baby and the nun.
2. The court was the place where Annabel, Lucas, Dr. Gerald met with Aunty Jean after
Victoria and Lily were found. Dr. Gerald explained the condition of Victoria and Lily in
the court in order to get the girls lived with Lucas and Annabel.
3. Cabin Halvetia was located in sector 1-7-12-33 in the middle of a forest. This was the first
place when Mama met Victoria and Lily. In this place, Mama killed Jeffrey as Victoria’s
and Lily’s father and also Dr. Gerald when he tried to find the data for his research.
Data 20 Annabel: She’s gonna kill them. We gotta go to the cabin. (min.
01:25:52)
4. Cliffton Forge. There were two events took place on this cliff. The first was the suicide
spot when Mama jumped from the cliff with her baby after she ran away from the hospital
and killed the nun. The second event was the separation place between Victoria and Lily.
5. Courtesy of Institute. This was the place used for the case studies.
Data 22 Dr. Gerald: This house, Courtesy of Institute is used to for case
studies. Rent–free. You move to the house, you get
the girls. (min 00:23:24–00:23:46)
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Dr. Gerald asked Lucas and Annabel to move if they wanted to stay with Victoria and
Lily. It was because they had to prepare for a bigger house available with the children
rooms.
6. The walls. This was the place when Mama showed herself for the first time in front of
Lucas and tried to kill him and also a place where she lived while taking care and keeping
eyes on Victoria and Lily.
Setting of time: Setting of time in Mama film were the year of 1987, Thursday, and breakfast
time. Mama film started with the sound of radio as the narrator and informed the condition
happened in 1987 when the market were opening, two partners at Cava Holding were shot
at the troubled company’s headquarter. There was murder happened at the time.
d. Point of View
In Mama film, Victoria was the eyewitness of Mama film because she directly experienced the
incident and told the story of Mama’s past life to Dr. Gerald.
Data 27 Victoria: “It was a long time ago, a lady run away from the hospital for
sad people. She took her baby. She jumped into the water.”
(min. 01:14:33–01:14:41)
Victoria became the storyteller in this film because she knew the history of Mama’s past life
which was the whole point of Mama film.
2. The Influences of Plot, Characters, Setting, and Point of View on Formulating
the Theme
To begin with, the theme in Mama film was about the mother’s love: anyone as long as they
have the genuine heart, would be able to give the mother’s love. This theme-mother’s love
had been shown several times in its plot, characters, setting, and point of view. By analysing
the plot, characters, setting, and point of view in a film, we could tell its theme (Lombardi in
“How to identify a theme”). In other word, this means that there is a connection or influence
of those intrinsic elements towards the theme.
a. The influences of plot on formulating mother’s love as Mama film’s theme
After finding out the plot in Mama film, those elements formed a certain pattern that directing
mother’s love as Mama film’s theme.
1. Exposition: The part where exposition of Mama film that showed the mother’s love theme
was when Victoria’s interview with Dr. Gerald. He asked Victoria about the mama figure
that she and Lily kept talking to which in fact, none of them (aside from Victoria and Lily)
saw this figure. According to Victoria’s story, the reason why Mama died was because she
tried to take her own child from the people who took the child from her. Mama’s action
was considered sense despite the things she did (killing and harming those people to get
back her child), because that was the action of any mother would do. It was clearly that
Mama was a figure of mother’s love.
2. Rising Action: Annabel who had not known yet the existence of Mama, casually gave her
attention and love to the girls that resulting the jealousy emotion in Mama. In this part,
Victoria and Lily were able to receive the mother’s love from two different dimensions,
the real life’s and another life’s dimension. Due to the difference of dimension, hence the
mother’s love they achieved was completely different, Annabel with her spending-time-
together love while Mama with her selfish love for not wanting the girls to live their life
in the real world.
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3. Climax: The moment when Mama could not contain her jealousy and decided to take the
girls back with her was the greatest tension for Annabel and Lucas to face. This climax
showed the mother’s love of Annabel and Mama towards the girls. Mama took the girls
back to live with her while Annabel who finally came to truly love the girls, tried to take
them back with her.
4. Falling Action: The moment when Annabel found the core problem of strange things that
happened around the girls showed the mother’s love of Mama and Annabel. In Mama,
she could not contain her jealousy and fear of losing the girls if they kept living under the
same roof with Annabel and Lucas. Therefore, she took the girls and brought them to the
cliff where she ended her life so that nothing could separate herself and the girls anymore.
Meanwhile, Annabel, her fear of the worst thing that Mama could do (killed the girls)
showed how much she cared for them.
5. Resolution: Both of Mama and Annabel were able to give their mother’s love and
successfully achieved especially by Victoria.
Data 32 Victoria: Good bye, Mama. I love you. (min. 01:32:08)
At the moment when Annabel grabbed Victoria’s coat, emphasising for Victoria to stay
was the moment where both of Mama’s and Annabel’s love had delivered to the girls.
Therefore, as the end of the conflict between Mama and Annabel, each of them was able
to keep giving their mother’s love and had one as the addressee of their love.
b. The influences of characters on formulating mother’s love as Mama film’s theme
There were several characters in Mama film, but the characters that the researcher considered
to have their influences on formulating mother’s love as Mama film’s theme were only the
women characters: Annabel, Mama, and Aunt Jane. This was because the consideration that
mother’s love could only be given by a woman which as the one who took care of her child
since inside her womb until the rest of times.
1. Annabel Character: As the protagonist in Mama film, Annabel was portrayed as Lucas’
girlfriend. She was not a mother and never as one before, yet because of her consistent
interaction with the girls, mostly during the absent of Lucas presence, she was the one
that fully taking care of the girls. At first, she stated that she could not keep up with the
girls and wanted to give up on living with Lucas and his nieces. Yet, because Annabel was
a woman and had developed the affection towards Victoria and Lily, she was able to give
the mother’s love to them.
Data 34 Annabel: Oh God, bring her back! Baby! (min. 1:32:52)
After Mama attacked Lucas and Annabel, both lost consciousness. At this moment,
Victoria approached Annabel and told her to just let them go with Mama and went to
sleep. Yet, because of the strong feeling of mother’s love inside Annabel, she was able to
gain consciousness and grabbed the back of Victoria’s coat that stopped their movement
from jumping off of the cliff with Mama.
2. Mama Character: The antagonist of Mama film was Mama character. Even though Mama
was the antagonist, yet she was still able to give a mother’s love towards Victoria and Lily.
Only in her own way.
Data 35 Annabel: She was singing to them, it was like a lullaby or
something. (min. 00:44:58)
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Annabel felt something strange happened to the girls that there was someone who kept
coming to them at nights and singing lullaby for the girls. All of this was the acts of Mama
in order to give her mother’s love. Similar to what a human mother would do, Mama as a
mother gave her affection and love to her children through any ways she could. Besides
her massive love for the girls, Mama’s love to her own child was beyond her love towards
the girls. The main reason she jumped from the Clifton Forge and became a ghost was
because of her child.
3. Aunt Jean: Aunt Jane kept imposing Lucas to give the girls to her because she knew the
condition of Lucas that could not afford to take care of them, financially or mentally. Yet,
Lucas loved the girls so much that he refused Aunt Jane’s request and only gave a way
out for she could visit the girls once a week.
Data 37 Aunt Jane: Who should I speak to if I believe my nieces are being
abused? Well, what kind of evidence do I need
exactly? (min. 00:54:41)
On the first day of her visit to Victoria and Lily, Aunt Jane was shocked by the fact that
the girls were covered with bruises. She thought that Lucas and Annabel committed some
kind of abusive treatment towards them. Yet, that was not true. Without asking for further
explanation about the girl’s condition, Aunt Jane decided rushly on her own to report
Lucas and Annabel for their abusive act. Actually, this act of Aunt Jane was because she
truly cared for the girls and wanted to give them the mother’s love.
c. The influences of setting on formulating mother’s love as Mama film’s theme
There were two kinds of setting in Mama film that had their influences on formulating the
mother’s love as Mama film’s theme. Each of the setting took the memory of events that
happened around Victoria and Lily as the addressees of mother’s love in Mama film.
Setting of Place:
1. Courtesy of Institute - as the place where Annabel, Lucas, Victoria, Lily and Mama lived
together, this house recorded the events of mother’s love that Annabel, Mama and Aunt
Jane had given towards the girls. In the case of Annabel’s love, Annabel gradually
developed the real affection and love towards the girls and it was shown when Victoria
finally accepted it. Mama, on the other hand, kept showing her mother’s love towards the
girls even after they had moved into the Institute. Every night, when the girls were left
alone to sleep at their bedroom, she came to them. Even Aunt Jane herself, she was able
to give her mother’s love in the Institute to the girls. After seeing her nieces covered in
bruises, Aunt Jane frantically decided to take the girls with her. She suspected they were
abused by Annabel and Lucas while the fact was not. Even though it was just a
misunderstanding of her, yet this misunderstanding happened due to her mother’s love.
She cared for them and when she saw them being covered in bruises, practically she feared
if something bad had happened towards the girls.
2. Cabin Halvetia - in this place, Jeffrey Desange brought his daughters and tried to kill
himself and Victoria and Lily after committed a crime. Seeing Jeffrey wanted to shoot
Victoria, Mama who lived there, then took an action. She saved Victoria by killing Jeffrey.
Starting then, the three of them lived together at the cabin for five years before they were
found by Burnsie.
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3. Clifton Forge - out of all the setting of place in Mama film, Clifton Forge was the place
that recorded the most of mother’s love. In this cliff, Mama had experienced the similar
two events of being able to show her mother’s love and separated from her children (her
lost child when she was still alive and with Victoria). The first event when Mama was able
to show her mother’s love towards her lost child by throwing herself from a cliff. The
second event at Clifton Forge where Mama, once again, showed her mother’s love and
committed the same exact action was when she brought the girls away from Annabel and
Lucas to live forever with her. Annabel also showed her love towards Victoria and Lilly
at Cilfton Forge. The moment Annabel and Lucas found the girls on top of the cliff, they
rushed to the cliff. Realising how strong the love that Annabel had shown and given
towards them, Victoria then decided to leave Mama. She wanted to be with Victoria.
Setting of time – night time was the most used setting of time in Mama film. It was because
Mama film was a horror film which needed to keep the tension of every scene up, and one
of the ways was the use of night time. Even the night time of Mama film also showed the
mother’s love as its theme. The setting of night when Mama showed her mother’s love
towards the girls was when she finally showed herself for the first time in front of Annabel
at the Institute. Due to her jealousy, she attacked Annabel and almost killed her. Mama was
not the only one who performed her mother’s love towards the girls in the night time because
Annabel also performed her own mother’s love. Her form of mother’s love was when she
found out the truth of what had happened to Mama, Victoria, and Lily.
d. The influences of point of view on formulating mother’s love as Mama film’s theme
The point of view of Mama film was from Victoria as the one who told the story. Victoria
had her point of views towards the two women characters, Annabel and Mama who had
given her the mother’s love.
1. Victoria’s point of view towards Annabel character: It had been proved several times
(based on several data above) that Victoria chose Annabel rather than Mama to live with.
This action of her was because she had accepted Annabel’s affection and love and her
love was in the closest form of a mother’s she kept longing for. Yet, this did not mean
that Victoria hated or did not love Mama as well as she loved Victoria. It was just that
Annabel’s love posed no harm to other people around her.
Data 47 Victoria: Victoria, stay. (min. 01:32:18)
Victoria chose to live with Annabel because she had accepted Annabel’s affection and
love even if it meant that she had to leave her little sister, Lily and Mama.
2. Victoria’s point of view towards Mama character: Victoria also loved Mama as her own
mother. Mama’s love towards the girls also had accepted by the girls even after she did
crimes for the sake of her love towards them.
Data 48 Dr. Gerald : Why are you crying, Victoria?
Victoria : ‘Cause she’s sad. (min. 01:14:49)
During Victoria’s interview with Dr. Gerald, she told them what happened towards Mama
that led her to take care both herself and Lily. Victoria’s statement that she cried because
she could feel the pain that Mama felt of losing her child showed a clear sight that Mama
was able to give her mother’s love to the girls. The fact that Victoria was also sad, feeling
Mama’s pain was exactly the same feeling any child would have towards their mother.
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3. Discussion
This film wanted to make the audience realized that the affection of a mother could
be obtained from anyone as long as they had a genuine and sincere heart. Despite the fact of
this film’s titled “Mama”, the director did not portray the image about biological mother and
her daughter relationship. Character of Mama in this film was not a biological mother of
Victoria and Lily, but she loved them so much. She took care of them like her own daughters.
The similar emotion of love was shown by Annabel character as their aunt. She loved Victoria
and Lily to the point of willing to sacrifice for them. The word of “Mama” as this film title
was not a reference to the Mama character, but it referred to the mother figures which were
Annabel and Mama. In other words, any person who had a genuine and sincere heart was
capable of giving affection as much as a biological mother would.
From all the explanations above to identify the theme, Mama film’s theme was about
the mother’s love that actually existed in everyone as long as they had a genuine heart, then
they would be able to give it even to those who had no blood relation at all. As the story
went, even though Mama was no longer in her human form (a ghost), but her love still
continued even in the different world. Besides Mama, there was Annabel who was not
Victoria’s and Lily’s real mother, but she was capable of loving and helping the girls to be
human again. There was also Aunt Jane who truly cared for the girls regardless her
misunderstanding towards Annabel and Lucas.
E. CONCLUSION
After analysing the data of this research and found out the answers of the two
questions followed, there were two conclusions drawn from this research. First, the intrinsic
elements of Mama (2013) film directed by Andres Muschietti were plot (exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, and resolution), characters (Annabel, Mama, Lucas, Victoria,
Lily, Aunt Jane, Dr. Gerald, Jeffrey Desange, and Burnsie), setting (place: hospital, the court,
Cabin Halvetia, Clifton Forge, Courtesy of the Institute, and Walls. Time: the year of 1987,
Thursday, breakfast time, and night time), and point of view which was taken from Victoria’s.
Second, the plot, character, setting and point of view that posed as Mama film’s
intrinsic elements shared some contribution in creating the theme in Mama film. The film’s
theme itself was anyone as long as they have the genuine heart, would be able to give the
mother’s love regardless who would be the addressee of the love or the kind of situation
involved. As the story went, even though Mama was no longer in her human form (because
she transformed into ghost), but her love still continued even in the different world. Besides
Mama, there was Annabel character who was not Victoria’s and Lily’s real mother, but she
was capable of loving and helping the girls to be human being again.
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