Research Method Research Subjects

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology used to collect the data for the research. There are six parts discussed in this chapter, namely Research Method, Research Subjects, Instruments and Data Gathering, Data Analysis Technique, and Research Procedure. They are elaborated as follows:

A. Research Method

This study was a qualitative research. The required data was gathered through the document analysis. According to Ary, Jacobs, Sorensen, and Razavieh 2010, document analysis or content analysis, analyzes and interprets recorded material to learn about specific data. They add that the material could be public records, textbooks, letters, films, tapes, diaries, themes, reports, or other documents. This study would like to analyze the consistency of the English subtitle translation into Indonesian language in the movie Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The writer studied the English and Indonesian subtitle and the scripts, as kinds of recorded material, containing the whole dialog of this movie. This was the writer’s rationale of utilizing the document analysis. Using the document analysis technique, the writer aimed to categorize the verbal humor used in the movie and evaluate the consistency of the English verbal humor translation into Bahasa Indonesia. 27

B. Research Subjects

The research focused on a 3D animated comedy movie, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The reason for the selection of this title is that it provides the researcher with acceptable data to be analyzed in this thesis. The movie Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, was released in 2009 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Blue Sky Studios. Its full length is 94 minutes. It is the third sequel of the Ice Age movies line, as the Ice Age 2002 and Ice Age 2: the Meltdown 2006 released before. This film features Manny and Ellie the mammoths, Diego the tiger, Sid the sloth, and Crash and Eddie the opossums as the main characters. The story of this third episode tells about the adventure of the main characters embarking on a mission to save Sid the sloth that has been dragged by a Tyrannosaur Rex into the world of Dinosaurs. Sid takes away the Tyrannosaur Rex’s eggs from her causing him to go together with the dinosaurs to their habitat. This adventure presents the audiences lots of humor, verbally and visually.

C. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique