xliv certain events. The study of film cannot be separated from the society as stated by
Allen and Gomery as follows: Furthermore, however indirectly and obliquely, movies are social
representations. That is, they derive from images and sounds, themes, and stories ultimately from the social environment. In functional film, characters are given
attitudes, gesture, statements, motivations and appearance that are in part at least, based on social roles, and on general motions about how policeman, factory
worker, debutante, mother or husband is ‘supposed’ to be. Allen and Gomery, 1993:158.
A fiction film, as a kind of favorite film, presents imaginations, beings,
places, or events. All of the characters in this film are not real or never exist, and the activities in this film never take place. Yet, it does mean that a fiction film is
completely unrelated to the reality. “In Good Company”, for example, presents a story of tolerance, prejudice,
compassion, understanding, and finally it is a story of middle-aged man dealing with both supporting his family and keeping his job, and a young man dealing
with a new job, being alone and finding what he actually wants to do with the rest of his life. Although the events and the characters of this film are not real, the
uneasy relationships between partners are real in a company and the locations are real too. Fictional film is tied to actuality in another way since it often comments
on the real world. It can be concluded that a film is a visual medium that is assumed to be a
reflection of real life. Briefly, a film is a social representation in which the characters are supposed to act on their social roles as if they are in the society.
J. Synopsis of the Film
xlv “In Good Company” is a drama comedy film directed by Paul Weitz. It is
the story of Dan Foreman Dennis Quaid and Carter Duryea Thoper Grace who work in the same company. Dan Foreman was headed for a shakeup. He was
demoted from the head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he worked for was acquired in a corporate took over.
His new boss, Carter Duryea, was half his age-business school prodigy who preached corporate synergy. Dan developed clients through handshake deals
and relationship. Carter cross-promoted the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate
umbrella. Both Carter and Dan are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex age 18, and Jana age 16. He was shocked
when his wife told him that she’s pregnant. Carter, in the meanwhile, was dumped by his wife of seven months just as he got his promotion. Dan and Carter’s uneasy
friendship was thrown in jeopardy when Carter fell for and began an affair with Dan’s daughter, Alex.
K.
Review of Related Study
A study having relationship to this present research is entitled The Use of Compliments as a Positive Politeness Strategy in Speeches of Men and
Women’s Characters in The Film “Notting Hill”
. This research was conducted by Galih Endah Nurhajanti 2000. It described the compliments of women and
men, the topics of compliment expressions and the function of compliment as the positive politeness strategy.
xlvi The results of the study covered by the findings of women receiving more
compliments than men as their positive politeness strategy in language use. Therefore women are linguistically more polite than man. There are three topics;
appearances possession, performance skills abilities, and personality traits friendliness topics and the function are to increase and consolidate solidarity
between the interlocutor, to ease communication, to express positive evaluation admiration and to replace other speech act formulas.
Comparing with the study above, this study aiming at describing the positive politeness strategy is actually not fusing three issues; compliment, gender
and positive politeness but focus more in describing the kinds of positive politeness strategy based on Brown and Levinson’s theories employed in the
movie through the conversation between characters. It also describes the factors influencing the characters to employ this strategy.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the researcher would like to present the research methodology. It covers with the type of research, data and source of data, sample
and sampling technique, instrument of the research, research procedures, technique of analyzing data and technique of coding data.
A. Type of Research
This research belongs to a descriptive qualitative method. It means that this research employs the descriptive and qualitative method of analysis. Bodgan
