The diegesis of P. Ramlee's Sarjan Hassan and Shuhaimi Baba's Tanda Putera : a social semiotic analysis /

Film discourse can be used as a tool to disseminate an ideology to the masses. Whether explicitly or implicitly, an ideology fed to the public via film can be an effective method to influence the way society thinks and thus, construct social reality to their viewers. This is because film is an ensem...

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Main Author: Shazna Abu Bakar
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Gombak, Selangor : Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2017
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Online Access:http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6957
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245 1 4 |a The diegesis of P. Ramlee's Sarjan Hassan and Shuhaimi Baba's Tanda Putera :  |b a social semiotic analysis /  |c by Shazna Abu Bakar 
260 |a Gombak, Selangor :  |b Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,  |c 2017 
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520 |a Film discourse can be used as a tool to disseminate an ideology to the masses. Whether explicitly or implicitly, an ideology fed to the public via film can be an effective method to influence the way society thinks and thus, construct social reality to their viewers. This is because film is an ensemble of modes of communication which include language use, camera positioning, visuals, choice of sound and editing. Each mode plays a role in eliciting emotions from their viewers. This study specifically examines two Malay films: P. Ramlee's Sarjan Hassan (1958) and Shuhaimi Baba's Tanda Putera (2013). Coming from the patriotic film genre, these two films attempt to depict two different Malaysian historical accounts namely the Japanese occupation during World War II and the May 13, 1969 racial riots respectively. Thus, how they depict social reality in these two films have a direct impact on how they shape true accounts of these events in the minds of the public. Using Iedema's (2001) theoretical framework, this study aims to firstly find out how social reality is constructed in these two films by looking at the language use and visuals involved in their creation. Secondly, the study attempts to decipher the implicit messages in regards to nation-building and lastly, how the messages differ from one another given the different historical contexts and time of film production. The findings of this study exemplify that visual and verbal aspects in both films play a role in constructing reality to their viewers in accordance to the values the society at the time had to focus on for the purpose of nation-building. Other than that, the study finds that both films have implicit messages related to nation-building but they differ in relation to the historical contexts in which they were produced. This reflects the political and social landscapes of their respective eras. This study shows that film is no doubt an effective tool among others, to imprint an ideology onto the masses and thus needs to be critically examined and responsibly used for the benefit of society instead of being used as a tool to overrule a people. 
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