TRANSMUTATIONS OF PLOT AND CHARACTERS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ANIMATED FILM THE LION KING (1994) AND THE LIVE-ACTION THE LION KING (2019)

Authors

  • Wanda Andres Saputra Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Mas Said Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Asmanadia Izzatul Karimah Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Mas said Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Abdullah Zaidi Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Al Hidayah Kelantan, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22515/crossover.v3i2.7016

Keywords:

transmutations, plot, character, film adaptation, the lion king

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the existence of transmutations of the plot and characters in the film adaptation. This study uses theory (Stam, Robert 2000) to find transmutations of plot and characters and theory (Hutcheon, Linda 2012) for a comparative analysis of the film adaptation of the animated version of "The Lion King (1994)" and the live-action version of " The Lion King (2019). In this study, the researcher used a descriptive-qualitative research method, and data collection was carried out visually and textually in the film. Based on Spradley's theory and analysis, the researcher first found that the transmutations in the plot are in the film adaptation, especially regarding the removal and addition of scenes that were not there before. Second, transmutations of characters occur in several characters, such as Zazu, Rafiki, Timon, and Pumbaa. As such Zazu in the animation, it is purple, while in live-action it is black. Then there are changes in the narration of the characters. Thus, this research finds that there are changes or transmutations to the plot and the characters in the film.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Alagić, A., & Supheert, R. (2022). Cultural Representation in Disney’s Cinderella and Its Live- Action Adaptation. The Riches of Intercultural Communication: Volume 1: Interactive, Contrastive, and Cultural Representational Approaches, 155.

Boggs, J. M. (1996). The art of watching films. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1280 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94-41.

Galizia, G. (2022). A trousers matter: are Disney’s female characters clothes of the latest animated and live action films empowering or a weak façade?. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 16(1). http://www.rifl.unical.it/index.php/rifl/article/view/689

Genette, G. (1997). Palimpsests: Literature in the second degree (Vol. 8). U of Nebraska Press.

Hutcheon, L. (2012). A theory of adaptation. Routledge.

Lesmana, C., Nugroho, M. A. B., Rahmatunisa, W., & Arbain, A. (2022). Directive Speech Act Translation Analysis in “The Lion King” Movie. Borneo Educational Journal (Borju), 4(2), 58-69. https://jurnal.fkip-uwgm.ac.id/index.php/Borju/article/view/1013

Schlögl, L., & Zagalo, N. (2019). From animation to live-action: Reconstructing Maleficent. Body and text: Cultural transformations in new media environments, 157- 171. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-25189-5_11

Sodiq, J., & Sukmaningrum, R. (2023, March). A STUDY OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN “THE LION KING” MOVIE. In PROCEEDING OF ENGLISH TEACHING, LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS (ETERNAL) CONFERENCE (Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 135-144). https://conference.upgris.ac.id/index.php/etll/article/view/3527

Spradley, J. P. (2016). Participant observation. Waveland Press.

Stam, R. (2000). Beyond fidelity: The dialogics of adaptation. Film adaptation, 54-76.

https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/engl485jj/stam2.pdf

Tillman, B. (2019). Creative Character Design 2e. CRC Press.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781351261685/creative-character-design-2e-bryan-tillman

Woolf, V. (2016). The movies and reality. New Republic, 247(1-2), 3-3.

Downloads

Published

2023-12-30

Issue

Section

Articles

Citation Check