Sebuah Kisah Tentang May: Representasi Trauma Coping dalam Film 27 Steps of May

Abstract

Movies have many genres, and every film lover certainly has different genre interests. In a film also displays various representations of events, gender, or groups. Like the 27 Steps of May which represents the trauma experienced by a person. Trauma is a very dangerous thing for human life. Trauma itself can arise when a person experiences violence, sexual harassment, and threats that come individually. Trauma can happen to anyone at any time. This study aims to analyze how the depiction of trauma coping in the film 27 Step of May. This study used a qualitative descriptive study with Stuart Hall's semiotic approach where it analyzed data that explained the meaning of the sign through the meaning of denotation, connotation and myth. The results of this study represent how May's healing or coping process was done to get rid of the dark trauma she had experienced for eight years. The trauma arose because May was sexually abused until she finally found a bright spot and met a magician.