SEARCH FOR MEANING OF EXISTENCE IN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S WAR OF THE WORLDS MOVIE (2005); AN EXISTENTIALIST PERSPECTIVE
This study is aimed to show search for meaning of existence in War of the Worlds movie by using existentialist perspective. 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 the Existentialist P...
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| Summary: | This study is aimed to show search for meaning of existence in War of the Worlds movie by using existentialist perspective. 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 the Existentialist Perspective. This research is qualitative research. Type of data of the study is text and image taken from two data sources: primary and secondary. The primary data source is the War of the Worlds movie directed by Steven Spielberg released in 2005. While the secondary data sources are other materials taken from books, journals, and internet related to the study. Both data are collected through library research and analyzed by descriptive analysis. The study comes to the following conclusions. First, based on the structural analysis of each elements, it shows that the character and characterization, casting, plot, setting, point of view, theme, mise en scene, cinematography, sound, and editing are related to each other and form a unity. Second, based on the Existential analysis, awareness of the meaning of life leads to meaningful action in human's life |
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