AUTHENTICITY OF CHARACTERS PORTRAYAL IN ISLAMIC FILMS: A STUDY ON THE MESSAGE
Ketulenan Pemaparan Watak dalam Filem Islam: Kajian terhadap The Message
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https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol12no1.75Keywords:
authenticity, characters, Islamic filmsAbstract
Muslim communication academicians and writers had been calling for portraying Islam in drama. This call has been answered by some directors and producers who attempted to produce drama about Islam. However, these attempts are facing criticism due to misportrayal of the original characters in the drama produced. The objectives of this study are to identify the main characters of The Message and to test the authenticity of the portrayal of the characters of The Message. The main finding of the study is that the characters of The Message were misportrayed. The misportrayal took place on the psychological dimension of the characters. Some of the Muslim characters were degraded, while some non-Muslim characters were elevated. The misportrayal of the characters lies in their voice tone that shows Muslims as barbaric and hegemonic on the first hand, while on the other hand non-Muslims are portrayed as wise and logical people.
Keywords: authenticity, characters, Islamic films.
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Ahli akademik dan penulis (pengkarya) komunikasi Muslim telah diseru untuk memaparkan Islam di dalam drama. Seruan ini telah disambut oleh beberapa orang pengarah dan penerbit dan mereka mula menerbitkan drama berkaitan Islam. Walau bagaimanapun, percubaan untuk menerbitkan drama-drama ini berhadapan dengan kritikan akibat kesilapan dalam memaparkan watak-watak asli dalam drama yang diterbitkan. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti watak utama dalam filem The Message dan untuk menguji ketulenan pemaparan watak dalam The Message. Dapatan utama kajian ialah watak-watak dalam The Message telah disalahpaparkan. Kesilapan paparan ini berlaku dari sudut psikologi watak. Beberapa watak Muslim digambarkan sebagai rendah martabatnya, manakala watak-watak bukan Muslim berada pada kedudukan yang tinggi. Dari satu sudut, salah gambaran watak-watak ini terletak pada tona suara mereka yang menggambarkan Muslim sebagai tidak bertamadun dan hegemonik, dan pada sudut yang lain, watak bukan Muslim digambarkan sebagai orang yang bijak dan rasional.
Kata kunci: ketulenan, watak, filem Islam.
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