Sara Tancredi's Oppressions in the Prison in The Final Break (2009) by Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks: A Feminist Approach

• Main Author: SUNANI, NYAMI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2012.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/1/02._COVER.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/2/03._CHAPTER_I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/3/04._CHAPTER_II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/5/05._CHAPTER_III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/8/06._CHAPTER_IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/9/07._CHAPTER_V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/11/08._CHAPTER_VI.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/22/09._BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/17351/23/10._APPENDIX.pdf
• Keywords: PN1993 Motion Pictures

This study is aimed to show oppressions which are got by Sara Tancredi in the Prison in The Final Break Movie (2009) using A Feminist Approach. It is done by establishing two objectives; the first is analyzing the movie based on its structural elements and the second is analyzing the movie based on feminist analysis. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The primary data is taken from a movie entitled The Final Break which is released in 2009 directed by Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks and the secondary data source, including the script of the movie and the other information are taken from the book and website from internet that are relevant to the subject matter. The study comes to following conclusions. First based on the structural analysis, the director, Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks adapt and build their movie by employing the right mise-en-scene and proper cinematography so that the movie formed a good unity to deliver Sara‟s oppressions during in the prison mentally and physically. Second, based on the feminist analysis, the directors illustrate a feminist phenomenon in which the major character is obsessed with her struggle to fight against the oppressions during her stay in the prison that are done by the jailers and the prisoners mentally and physically. Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks also criticize how the criminals can happen although in the prison like the law can be bought with money.