OVERCOMING SPEECH DISABILITY IN TOM HOOPER’S THE KING’S SPEECH MOVIE (2010): AN EXISTENTIALIST APPROACH
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for getting the Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
By: BUDI ASTUTI
A 320 080 184
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
TESTIMONY
I hereby assert that there is no plagiarism in this research paper. There is no other work that has been submitted to obtain the bachelor degree and as for as I am concerned there is no opinion that has been written or published before, except the written references which are referred in this research paper and mentioned in the bibliography.
If any incorrectness is proved in the future dealing with my statement above, I will be fully responsible.
Surakarta, 25 Juli 2012
MOTTO
“Sesungguhnya setelah kesusahan itu ada kemudahan, maka apabila kamu telah
selesai (dari suatu urusan) kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain
dan hanya kepada Tuhanmu lah hendaknya kamu menggantungkan pengharapan”
(Qs.
Insyiroh
6-8)
Face all the possibilities with the responsibility.
(The writer)
Success and happiness would be significant if you want to
share it with others.
DEDICATION
Thanks to Allah SWT
This research paper is dedicated to:
My dearest father and mother,
My dearest brothers and sister,
Someone who always supports me,
and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, praise be to Allah SWT due to His
protection, power and mercy given to the writer, so the writer could complete this research paper entitled “OVERCOMING SPEECH DISABILITY IN TOM HOOPER’S THE KING’S SPEECH MOVIE (2010): AN EXISTENTIALIST APPROACH”. This study is accomplished as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting bachelor of education in English Department, School of Teaching Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
The writer would like to express her deep gratitude and appreciation to: 1. Drs. H. SofyanAnif, M.Si.,the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. TitisSetyabudi, S.Si.M.Hum,the chief of English Department and the second consultant who helps severely assured the writer to complete this study with contentment,
3. Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum,S.Pd.,M.ED., the first consultant who has contributed her ideas and guidance in finishing this research paper,
4. All the lecturers at English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta for the useful knowledge and wisdom,
6. Her beloved brothers (Agung and Budi) and sister (Indah) who always support during her studying,
7. All of the writer’s friends in English Department (2008),
8. All of best Friend’s (Arsy, Witri, Ana, Ettyk and Lisa), who always support the writer,
9. Rina, Fitri, Ika, Dwi, Etyk, and Dian in ”Belia” boarding house who make the writer always happy and smile,
10.Her beloved boyfriend “Anton”, who has given him love, affection and great time.
11.Anybody who cannot be mentioned one by one, for the support and correction about this thesis.
Hopefully, this research paper will be useful for those who want a study the King George VI in the king's speech movie and enrich the reader’s knowledge
dealing with the existentialist approach. The writer realizes that the research paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore supportive criticism and suggestion are really hoped and badly needed to make this research paper better.
Wassalamu‘alaikum Wr. Wb.
Surakarta, 25 Juli 2012
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY………. ………. 11
A. Notion of Existentialism ……… 11
1) Existence before Essence ….………...…….. 13
B. Technical Elements of the Movie ……… 56
1) Mise-en-Scene ………. 56
2) Cinematography ……… 60
3) Sound ………. 63
C. Discussion ……….. 69
CHAPTER IV: EXISTENTIALIST ANALYSIS ……….…... 71
A. EXISTENTIALIST ANALYSIS..………...… 71
1) Existence before Essence ……….. 71
2) Being ……… 74
3) Self – Consciousness ………..……… 75
4) Freedom ……….………. 77
5) Anxiety ……… 79
6) Transcendence of Ego ……… 81
7) Nothingness ………. 83
B. Speech Disability ……… 84
C. Discussion ……….…. 86
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ……… 89
A. Conclusion………. 89
B. Suggestion……….. 91
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SUMMARY
BUDI ASTUTI. A320080184. OVERCOMING SPEECH DISABILITY IN TOM HOOPER’S THE KING’S SPEECH MOVIE (2010): AN EXISTENTIALIST APPROACH. RESEARCH PAPER. MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. 2012.
The research is proposed to analyze the Overcoming Speech Disability in The King's Speech movie by Existentialist Approach. The research sets two objectives: the first is to analyze the movie in term of structural elements, and the second is to analyze the movie based on the existentialist approach. This study is qualitative study using the Movie of The King's Speech as the object of the study. There are two kinds of data source: primary and secondary. The primary data source is the play of the
movie The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper and the secondary data source is
the other data related to the research, such as books of existentialist approach theory, movie script, commentaries, internet and other relevant information. The method of collecting data in the research is Watching the movie several time, Taking notes of important part in both primary and secondary data, Determining the major character, Arranging the data into several part based on it classification, Analyzing the data based on Existentialist Approach theory, Drawing conclusion based on the analysis of the data. In analyzing the data, the writer employs descriptive analysis. The study comes to the following conclusions. Based on the existentialist analysis, it is evident that in The King’s Speech movie, the director illustrates an overcoming speech disability of the King George VI. Tom Hooper reflects how to overcome speech disability for making dream into reality.
