Final Paper Requirement
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This document contains summaries of three movie scenes from three different movies analyzed using communication theories: 1) A scene from the movie "Shift" about two call center agents building trust over time is explained by Social Penetration Theory. 2) Two scenes from the movie "Blue Bustamante" - one about a man deciding to work abroad for his family which uses Elaboration Likelihood Theory, and another using Reinforcement Theory. 3) Three scenes from the movie "Woman of the Ruins" involving trust building between two women explained by Uncertainty Reduction Theory, the use of force by a husband explained by Reinforcement Theory, and a comparison of poisonous mushrooms to untrustworthy people using
Final Paper Requirement
- 1. Vidal, Estrella E. BACR 2-1 1. Identify at least 3 scenes/per movie in at least 3 out of 5 movies presented in the festival and look for a theory that is applicable in explaining the scene. Elaborate your answer. Shift Estela and Trevor are both working as call center agents in the same company. They are members of a team in the company wherein they are competing with the other teams for the highest sales. At first, they talked about their work. And when they became comfortable with each other, they started to talk about their personal lives. And as days passed, they became close and they were together almost every day. They share their similarities but also their differences especially the gender preference of Trevor. This scene can be explained by the Social Penetration Theory by Altman and Taylor. Estela and Trevor got to spend more time with each other and every day, their relationship as friends develops. The tendency is, they share more about themselves so their relationship gets deeper. Another scene is when Trevor said to Estela that he broke up with his boyfriend. Estela, having feelings with Trevor, secretly became glad. Trevor even said that he will not date boys anymore to give time for himself. But after a few days, Trevor met a new guy and he eventually fell in love with the guy. When Estela knew this, she got angry because she thought that Trevor lied to her. This is an example of the Interpersonal Deception Theory by Buller and Burgoon wherein the sender, who is Trevor, tried to deceive Estela that he will not be in a relationship for some time. Last scene is when Trevor asked Estela to go eat in a restaurant. Estela assumed that Trevor has also his feelings for her. But her expectation was violated when she found out that Trevor has a new boyfriend. Estela, having her expectation violated, responded negatively to the situation. She got frustrated and she did not talk to Trevor for several days. This scene is an example of the Expectancy Violation Theory by Burgoon. Estela expected that Trevor will confide his feelings for her just because he invited her for a dinner but Trevor did not. Blue Bustamante George Bustamante, a family man, decided to go to Japan to work there. Although he hates to leave his family, he thought that he can give them a better life if he works abroad. And even though he saw his son crying because he is going to leave, he chose to go abroad. This scene can be explained by the Elaboration Likelihood Theory by Petty and Cacioppo where George used the central route to decide. Before deciding, he weighed factors and he even studied the possible consequences of each choice.
- 2. Roger, a friend of George, offered him a job as a stuntman or double for an upcoming Japanese movie. George was in doubt to take the offer because he thought that his family would not understand him. And being a stuntman is far from being a sanitary engineer which was his original job. But Roger encouraged him to take the job because, according to him, it is for his family’s welfare. After this, George thought that his friend was right. He then took the job as a double of the superhero, Blue Force, in the movie. This scene is an example of the Reinforcement Theory by Hovland, Janis and Kelly where George’s attitude towards being a stuntman changed when his friend reinforced him by telling him that the job is for George’s family’s welfare. Roger is convincing George to go to a beer garden but George immediately refused, saying that he doesn’t drink. But Roger insisted that he helped George talk to his wife on the phone so he needs to reciprocate his kind deed. This scene is an example of Elaboration Likelihood Theory by Petty and Cacioppo where Roger tried to convince George by telling him that he did George a favor. Roger used the peripheral route where he persuaded George, that, to be able to reciprocate the kindness he did, George must go with him to the beer garden. Woman of the Ruins Maria, the long-lost wife of Pasyon, unexpectedly returned from nowhere after seven years. Olga, a friend of Pasyon, asked her daughter, Sabel, to tend to Maria while Pasyon is away. At first, Maria had doubts with Sabel. But Sabel kept on insisting that she could be a trustworthy friend. And as time goes by, Maria learned to trust Sabel. This scene can be explained by the Uncertainty Reduction Theory by Berger and Calabrese. Sabel and Maria are total strangers so they have their own doubts with each other. The uncertainty between the two ladies is reduced by spending more time with each other and by gathering information from each other/ Maria, who reappears after seven years, has been losing her memories about her life before she was gone. She did not even recognize her husband, Pasyon. Pasyon thought that his wife began to get cold with him. He tried to make love with her but Maria resisted. Pasyon got angry and he punched her in the stomach to force her to make love with him. This part of the movie is explained by the Reinforcement Theory by Hovland, Janis and Kelly. Pasyon used his strength to force Maria to obey him. When Maria and Sabel went picking mushrooms, Maria asked Sabel on how she distinguishes those poisonous mushrooms from those that are not. Sable said that those dotted mushrooms can be eaten. But Sabel warned Maria to be careful because, those poisonous mushrooms are sometimes similar to those which are not. Then Maria answered, “Just like people”. This scene in the movie can be explained by the Attribution Theory by Heider. Maria related those poisonous mushrooms, which can be mistaken to be edible, to those people who pretend to be kind but later, would be a betrayer. Maria has a a personal
- 3. reason why she said that to Sabel. Maybe she was pertaining to Sabel who has feelings for her husband, Pasyon. 2. What message does “Ganito Kami noon, Paano kayo ngayon?” try to present in the movie? How did the movie represent the Filipino people? What theory did you notice that was evidently portrayed in the movie? Elaborate. The message of the film, “Ganito kami noon, Paano kayo ngayon?” is all about searching or exploring the national identity of the Filipinos at the period when the Philippines was still a colony of Spain. It is about the struggle of our country to find our own identity. Different characters have their own interpretation of what is a true “Filipino”. For Nicholas Ocampo or “Kulas”, the protagonist in the movie, a true Filipino is born and raised in the Philippines. He also believes that a true Filipino has a Filipino mother and a Filipino mother. But questions were raised when Don Tibor said to him that a Filipino is educated and wear nice clothes. Other people said that the true Filipinos were the people who colonized the Philippines. But because of his naivety, he just did not mind what they all said. But in the end, Kulas realized that he was right. The Social Penetration Theory by Altman and Taylor is very evident in the film because as the journey of Kulas began, he met different people along his way that made his simple life a complicated one. He started to make friends with the Chinese man, Lim. The Spanish priest also learned to trust him because of his naivety. He met Diding and he fell in love with her. He also met Don Tibor, who taught him how to act as a “Filipino”. At first, he has shallow relationships with those characters but as time went, those shallow relationships got deeper.