C. Media in Language Teaching Learning
1. Movie
a. Definitions of Movie
Due to the increasing importance of visual and media images, Kress defined movie in Chan and Herrero‘s book that ―Films or movies have a great
potential in the language classroom, as they bring ‗together a large variety of modes‘.‖
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It means films are rich multimodal texts containing linguistic meaning in teaching and learning process. According to Susilana and Riyana stated movie,
also called a motion pictures, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon.
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It shows that motion makes videos and movies unique and life-like and movie is a
medium that presents audio-visual message and movement. Therefore, movie gives the impression and impressive for viewers. Further, based on book of
―Teaching with Movies‖, The F.I.L.M Project stated movies are the way of telling the story by using modern instrument for people to communicate information and
ideas, and they show us places and ways of life we might not otherwise know in this era.
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Meanwhile, Azhar defined movie as picture in a frame where frame by frame is projected through the projector lens mechanically so that the pictures in
the screen looks alive.
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It means that movie as a series of connected cinematographic images projected on a screen. Sadiman, et. al., said that movie
also is an effective media in teaching learning process because it stimulates students both receptive skills listening and reading and productive skills
speaking and writing by seeing the pictures and listening to the audio.
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Deborah Chan and Dr. Carmen Herrero, Using Film to Teach Languages, Manchester: Courner House and Routes into Languages North West, 2010, p. 11.
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Rudi Susilana and Cepi Riyana, Media Pembelajaran, Bandung: Jurusan Kurtekpend FIP UPI, 2008, p. 19.
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The F.I.LM. Project, Teaching with Movies: A guide for Parents and Educators, National Collaboration for Youth, No Year, p. 4.
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Azhar Arsyad, Media Pembelajaran, Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2010, p. 49.
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Arief S. Sadiman, et al., Media Pendidikan: Pengertian, Pengembangan dan Pemanfaatannya, Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2009, p. 67.
From the definitions above, it can be said that movie is a series of images that are projected into a screen to create the illusion of motion and one of the
media that can be useful for students in teaching and learning process.
b. Movie Genres
Listed below are some of the most common and identifiable movie genre categories, with descriptions of each type or category:
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1. Action Movie
Action movie usually includes a very straightforward storyline like good guys versus bad guys, where most disagreements in the movie are resolved by
physical force. 2.
Adventure Movie Adventure movie is usually exciting stories, with new experiences or
exotic locales, very similar to or often paired with the action film genre. They searches or expeditions for lost continents, jungle and desert epics, treasure
hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown. 3.
Comedy Movie Comedy movie is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humors
and deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters.
4. Crime and Gangster Movie
Crime gangster movie is genre of film that focused on the lives of criminals.
5. Drama Movie
Drama movie is serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character
development and interaction. Usually, drama movie is lack of action and the screenplay moves at a very slow-paced.
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Tim Dirks, Main Film Genre, 2014, http:www.filmsite.orggenres.html.