Bald on Record Politeness Strategies Used by the Four Main Characters of Begin Again
49 problem that happened in his family so that it makes him loses his focus on his
work. Since Saul does not on the same vision with Dan anymore, he starts to make distance with Dan. Saul follows his vision and starts to work on his vision
with the staffs without having discussion about the vision with Dan. At the day of the meeting, Dan comes and shows his disagreement toward the plans that each
band should have made audio commentary on their own music. In dialogue 5, Dan said,
“Come back here. Don‟t you walk away from me, man.
” to show that he needs Saul to give explanation why he run the plans without doing any discussion with Dan. Since Dan expresses his disappointment
toward Saul, Dan tends to be rude by producing the utterances without doing the face minimization. Dan is more powerful than Saul because when someone is mad
at something, he will express the feeling to the hearer without caring with the hearer‟s feeling. Therefore, the underlined utterance above is expressed because
the speaker possesses more power in which it makes the speaker obtains more power to satisfy his own desire.
The next circumstance is where the face threat is minimized to the hearer. The application of bald on record strategy in this circumstance can be seen in the
utterance which is aimed to give an offer to the hearer. The scene where Steve and Gretta meet for the first time after a long time can illustrate the application of bald
on record strategy in giving an offer to the hearer. This scene is a flashback where Dave and Gretta have not broken up yet. Dave is busy with his projects and tours
while Gretta is having fun by herself when finally she meets Steve after a long time. Steve then, invites Gretta to come to his house and they are having a good
50 time by talking about everything. The conversation between Steve and Gretta can
be seen in dialogue 6. The bald on record strategy is labeled with BoR.
Dialogue 6 Setting
: Steve’s house Situation
: Steve and Gretta met after a long time, then Steve invited Gretta to come to his house.
Participants : Steve and Gretta. Steve
: “So, uh, this is me.” Gretta
: “Aw, it‟s lovely.” Steve
: “It‟s like that old joke. You put the key in the door, you break a window.
” Gretta
: “My God, look at this stuff.” Steve
: “Yeah, a lot of the studios, uh, are upgrading. So, they‟re practically giving stuffs away. I can record an album here soon.
” Gretta
: “Well, that would be cool. Look at you. You‟ve got CDs.” Steve
: “Yeah. I just phased out all my cassettes. Have a sit down.” BoR
Gretta and Steve are close friends and they have not met each other for a long time. When Gretta comes to New York, she does not have intention to find
and meet Steve since her purpose going to New York is only accompanying Dave to work on his projects. However, since Dave is busy with his projects and tour,
Gretta then spends her time walking around the city. Gretta finally meets Steve on the road when Steve is singing on the road. After talking about everything, Steve
invites Gretta to come to his house. The dialogue above shows that Steve gives an offer to Gretta when Gretta came
to his house by saying, “Have a sit down.” The underlined utterance is a kind of imperative because it is expressed in order to ask
the hearer to sit down on the chair. However, the underlined utterance implies that the speaker wants to make the hearer enjoyed
the time spent in the speaker‟s house. In performing this utterance, the speaker insists that the hearer may impose
on the speaker‟s negative face. Thereby, through the underlined utterance, the face
51 threat is minimized since the speaker has insistence that the hearer may impose on
his negative face. Another example of bald on record strategy where the face threat is
minimized can be found in the form of farewell. In this case, the speaker insisted that the hearer might
transgress on the speaker‟s positive face. The example of farewell expression can be seen where Dan meets Gretta for the first time and he
meant to make a contract with Gretta to make her becomes professional singer and songwriter. Dan tries to appreciate Gretta for her performance on the stage. The
reason why he does that is to make Gretta interested in cooperating with him to produce an album. However, it seems that Gretta is not interested in cooperating
with Dan because she thinks that her song is not good enough to be recorded by the record label. Dan finally gives up in persuading Gretta and he decides to leave
Gretta. The conversation between Gretta and Dan can be seen in dialogue 7. The bald on record strategy is labeled with BoR.
Dialogue 7 Setting
: Café Situation
: Dan is trying to persuade Gretta to cooperate with him in producing an album.
Participants : Dan and Gretta Dan
: “I‟ve been celebrating all weekend, I signed a band and we got
carried away. That‟s some songs you got there. I promise you it could be a b
ig hit. Plus, you‟re beautiful.”
Gretta : “Sorry, what‟s beauty got to do with anything?”
Dan : “Jesus, you‟re tricky, aren‟t you?”
Gretta : “No, I actually just think that music is about ears, not eyes. And, I
am not Judy Garland just off a Greyhound bus looking for stardom, but really, thank you.
” Dan
: “OK, bye.” BoR
Gretta : “Bye.”
52 Dan is a producer who has just been fired from his office because he does
not produce an artist for several years. He tries to find artists who make him interested to sign them, but he still cannot not find artist to be invited to produce
the music. Then, he sees Gretta when she is singing on the stage with guitar and her original song. As Dan sees Gretta when she is singing on the stage, he
wonders a beautiful arrangement that makes him want to cooperate with Gretta by producing the music. Dan comes to Gretta conveying his plan to sign Gretta as a
professional singer. Dan is trying to show his interest toward Gretta‟s song and is
giving promise to Gretta that her songs will become the greatest song. By showing his interest toward
Gretta‟s song and her performance, Dan expects that Gretta will also be interested in cooperating with Dan to produce her music. On the
contrary, Gretta does not show the act that she is interested in producing her music. She thinks that she just writes the song and does not think about what
others think of her music. Knowing that his plan is refused by Gretta, Dan decides to cancel his plan by expressing farewell to Gretta through bald on record
strategy. In dialogue 7, Dan expresses t
he utterance “OK, bye” which contains literal meaning of saying good bye to the hearer. It was expressed by minimizing
the Face Threatening Acts. As the main goal of bald on record strategy is to achieve the maximum efficiency of communication, the underlined utterance is
short and expressed clearly to the hearer to make the hearer understand the speaker‟s desire easily. In performing the farewell expression, the speaker insists
that the hearer may transgress on the speaker‟s positive face. It means that the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
53 speaker leaves the hearer to interpret because the hearer might transgress on the
speaker‟s positive face. Therefore, in the dialogue above, Dan takes his leaving by minimizing the face threat because he knows that Gretta refuses his offer to work
together in producing the music. Furthermore, Dan takes his leaving by minimizing the face threat also because he wants
to respect Gretta‟s decision that she does not want to work with Dan in producing the music.