Beyond the Rhetorical Function of Cinematic Metaphors in Indonesian Cultural Documentaries

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10.2991/978-2-38476-348-1_18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cinematic metaphor; Indonesian cultural documentary film; rhetorical function

Abstract

A metaphor can be part of the compelling elements that anchor a film’s subject matter. The presence of a metaphor in a film, including that of a documentary, may further illustrate what the film projects. The significance of metaphor is due to its power to invoke a new way of seeing realities. This power of metaphor enables the reader and viewer to apprehend the discourse behind the language of the medium using metaphor. Three Indonesian cultural documentary films, Bathik: Bebet lan Bobot Lakuning Urip, Nyadran à la Sorowajan, and Ksatria Kerajaan uniquely exhibit the significance of their cinematic metaphors to provide further interpretation behind what the films on the surface show. This article identifies cinematic metaphors in the three cultural documentaries and examines their functions. The analysis also discusses what the films articulate cinematically and argumentatively and the extent to which the films’ cinematic metaphors help constitute the articulation. In examining the documentaries, the approach uses Ricoerian hermeneutic reading to investigate the current issue of cinematic metaphors. Such a method is applied using three systematic steps. First, it is essential to understand the documentaries aesthetically and argumentatively. The second is to explain the cinematic metaphors identified in the films and their functions in the context of the film’s arguments. The third is to reinterpret the films’ arguments and explain possible alterations found. The result suggests that the cinematic metaphors identified help alter the documentaries’ projection, moving beyond their rhetorical function.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gerardus Majella Adhyanggono
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/31
TI  - Beyond the Rhetorical Function of Cinematic Metaphors in Indonesian Cultural Documentaries
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th Celt International Conference (CIC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 250
EP  - 269
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-348-1_18
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-348-1_18
ID  - Adhyanggono2024
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