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learning American Studies course. The last one, it is expected that this final project may perform an obvious view of capitalism upon economic life.
1.6 Outline of the report
This final project is divided into chapters and subchapters. Chapter one is the introduction consisting of background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic,
statements of the problems, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and the outline of the report.
Chapter two contains review of related literature. It includes some theories that underlie the study, such as: women career, capitalism, and characteristics of
American people. The third chapter refers to the method of investigation. It focuses on the
methodology which is used to compile this final project. It contains object of the study, role of the researcher, type of data, source of the data, procedure of
collecting the data, and procedure of analyzing the data. Procedure of collecting the data itself consists of six methods. They are watching and reading, identifying,
selecting, classifying, and reporting the selected data. Chapter four covers the main discussion of the study. It is the result of the
study. The last chapter, chapter five, contains conclusions and suggestions.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1Film
Movie or film is one of literary works which is presented in audio visual form. By enjoying movie, people will be more understand about the value of the movie. As
stated in an article, Robert Stam, as a film theorist, refers to common ways of categorizing films that:
While some genres are based on story content the war film, other are borrowed from literature comedy, melodrama or from other media the
musical. Some are performer-based the Astaire-Rogers films or budget- based blockbusters, while others are based on artistic status the art film,
racial identity Black cinema, locat[ion] the Western or sexual orientation Queer cinema. In Introduction to Genre Theory by Daniel
Chandler
From quotation above, it can be stated that the division of film genres are also adapted some media, both written and visualized forms. Written form, such as
story and literature, and visualized forms, such as artistic status and performance. In addition, film is divided into some main film genres
http:www.filmsite.orgbestpics.html :
1. Action films
Action films usually have some characteristics, such as high energy, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises floods, explosions, natural
disasters, fires, etc., and non-stop motion 2.
Adventure film
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Adventure films are interesting films and usually consist of new experiences.
3. Comedy film
Comedy films are films which are designed to amuse the audience and give laughter through the characters and their relationship, language, and
their action. These movies are often funny. 4.
Crime and Gangster film Crime gangster films are developed through the actions of criminals,
bank robbers, underworld figure that steal and murder their way through life.
5. Drama film
This type is serious, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and
interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special-effects, comedy, or action,
6. Epics or Historical film
Epics include historical, drama and war films that often cover a large expanse of time set against a vast. Epics often take an historical event,
mythic, legendary, or heroic figure, and have high production values. 7.
Horror film Horror films are designed to frighten, while entertaining us at the same
time in a cathartic experience.
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8. Musicals Dance film
Musicaldance films emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way. In other words, these films are the
combination of music, dance and song. 9.
Science Fiction film Sci-fi films are often quasi-scientific, visionary and imaginative -
complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic place, technology, unknown and
unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters things or creatures from space, either created by mad scientists or by nuclear havoc. Science
fiction often expresses the potential of technology to destroy human being.
10. War Anti-War film
War films perform the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting against nations or humankind on the certain background
which is set for actions in the movie. 11.
Westerns Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry.
Over time, westerns have been re-defined, re-invented and expanded, dismissed, and re-discovered.
In this study, the writer will analyze a movie which more tends to be drama film genre since the movie reveals complex and serious circumstance with
character’s role and their interaction and relationship.
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2.2 Capitalism
