Narrative Analysis of the Impact of Traumatic on Film 27 Steps Of May

Abstract

Communication can be conveyed through various media, including films. The message contained in the film is based on the reality that emerges and becomes a picture of phenomena in everyday life. Ideally, films collaborate the power of visual and audio so that the message is appropriately portrayed. The 27 Steps of May film is a film that portrays sexual violence in adolescents and is only supported by the power of visual not audio. The selection of the film was carried out against the backdrop of the lack of films which explicitly recounted the traumatic impact of victims of violence dominated by visual force. This study aims to describe how the 27 Steps of May film tells the traumatic impact where the method used is a qualitative narrative analysis from Tzvetan Todorov. The results showed that there were five narrative structures, namely: initial conditions, conditions of balance, order, Disruption of balance, awareness of disturbances, attempts to correct disturbances, restoration of balance, creating order again. In this study, visualization of non-verbal code signs related to traumatic post-traumatic stress disorder was shown by the actors in the film, the non-verbal code was in the form of gestures, eye contact, facial expressions, and emotions.