according to the objectives the study focuses on the identification of directive of illocutionary acts which are found
on Alex’s dialogue in movie Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and analysis ofthe context of situation that supports the type
of illocutionary acts.
1.5 Research Method
Methodology is the set of methods that are used as the steps in doing the scientific writing in obtaining the data. The research method can be divided into
three. They are 1 data source, 2 method and technique of collecting data, 3 method and technique of analyzing data. This study was conducted by using
descriptive qualitative design which consist of watching the movie and read the movie script of
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. The descriptive qualitative design doesn’t intend to find a new theory but to find a new evidence to prove the
theory. According to Creswell 2001:20, qualitative research is descriptive in that the researcher is interested in process, meaning and understanding gained through words
or picture.
1.5.1 Data Source
The data of this study were taken from an animated movie Madagascar 3:
Europe’s Most Wanted. Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted is a 2012
American 3D computer-animated comedy film,
produced by DreamWorks
Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of
the Madagascar series, a sequel to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and it is the first in the series to be released in 3D. The film is directed by Eric Darnell, Tom
McGrath and Conrad Vernon. Its world premiere was held at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012. The film was released on June 8, 2012, to critical
and commercial success; it is the best-reviewed film in the series. It was taken as data source because it contains many utterances indicating those types of
illocutionary acts performed exclusively in some pieces of its dialogue.
1.5.2 Method and Techniques of Collecting Data
The data was taken by observing the movie. All the dialogues as data related to illocutionary acts were noted down and classified based on type of
illocutionary acts by Searle 1969. Next, the data which had grouped and bold- typing has further classified into the types of illocutionary acts by Searle, weather
the data is classified into directives.
1.5.3 Method and Techniques of Analyzing Data
The data is analyzed by using two main theories, the speech illocutionary act theory by John R. Searle 1969 and the context of situation by Halliday 1989.
The illocutionary acts theory used for recognizing assertive, directives, commissives, expressive, and declaratives. Meanwhile, the concept of Halliday
1989, is used to know how the influence of context situation when the illocutionary acts utterance.
