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OCTRIA TIRAFIAH
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CHILDHOOD REFLECTED IN MARTIN SCORSESE’S HUGO
MOVIE (2011): AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
Octria Tirafiah
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Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, S.Pd., M.Ed.
Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M. Hum.
ABSTRACT
A. Introduction
1. Background of the Study
Childhood is the process of mentality changing. It can be seen the
differences between childhood and an adult from the physical appearance. Therefore,
many people have their own interpretation about the constraint of childhood.
According to Julia Fionda “Childhood may be seen as a biological or psychological
phase of life somewhere between infancy and adulthood”. (Fionda, 2001:3). While
Leira and Saraceno said that “Childhood is a social construction, it is an interpretive
frame for understanding the early years of human life, and that biological immaturity
rather than childhood is a universal and natural feature of human populations”. (Leira
and Saraceno, 2008:368).
Hugo movie (2011) is an adventure American 3D movie published by
Paramount Picture and directed by Martin Scorsese. Hugo movie (2011) was made in
the UK and released in United States on November 23, 2011. The genre of this movie
is adventure or fantasy and has 127 minutes duration. This movie sets in
Montparnasse Paris Station at the turn of the 20th century where there is a boy named
Hugo Cabret lives lonely. He begins his adventure in finding the secret message left
on automaton given by his deceased father from the hardest things until he gets and
meets the bright life.
There are several reasons why the researcher chooses this subject. First,
Hugo film shows the reality, imagination, childhood, curiousness of Hugo’s life to be
able solve the puzzle in automaton. Second, Hugo got many awards in several
categories. It means that this movie is proper to analyze. Third, the writer wants to
analyze the childhood reflected in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo movie by using Adler’s
individual psychological. Fourth, the writer will be a teacher later and this project is
essential to be carried out in more widen, extensive, spacious, inside or outside area
and also give insertion more experience and knowledge to her. The last reason is to
enhance the literature research framework in English Education Department.
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Hopefully, it can be useful for the readers, leave nice impression, and build a new
inspiration for them.
2. Problem Statement
“How is childhood reflected in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo movie (2011)?”.
3. Limitation of the Study
The researcher focuses her research in analyzing childhood reflected in
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo movie (2011) based on Adler’s theory of Individual
Psychological.
4. Objective of the Study
The objective of the study is to analyze and describe Martin Scorsese’s
Hugo movie (2011) based on the structural elements on the movie and individual
psychological approach.
5. Literature Review
After the writer has looked for several literature reviews in Muhammadiyah
University of Surakarta and in University in Central Java at least, she has not found
the research about Hugo movie done by the other researcher. So that the writer cannot
compare this research with other research because this is the first study of Hugo
movie. The writer uses Individual Psychological approach to analyze the data and
using of Hugo movie as an object. The writer analyzes “Childhood Reflected in
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Movie (2011): An Individual Psychological Approach”.
6. Underlying Theory
a. Individual Psychology
Individual psychology insists on the fundamental unity of personality.
All apparent dichotomies and multiplicities of life are organized in one self consistent
totality. (Feist, 1985:64)
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1) Inferiority feeling
Inferiority feeling is feeling appears as result of psychological and
social weaknesses in individual’s subjective perception” (Adler in Hall and Lindzey,
1995: 247).
2) Fictional Finalism
Adler argued “the fiction of greatest importance is the final goal of
superiority or success” (Feist, 1985: 65). The final goal is fictional because there is no
reality in life.
3) Striving for Superiority
“Striving for superiority is a single motive, flowing from life itself and
shaping the various sub drive” (Adler in Feist, 1985: 70).
4) Social Interest
“Social interest is an attitude of relatedness with humanity in general,
as well as empathy for each member of the human race” (Adler in Feist, 1985:71).
5) Style of Life
Adler uses the term “style of life to refer to the flavor of a person’s life.
It includes “not only the person’s goal but also self concept, feeling toward others,
and attitude toward the world” (Feist, 1985:74).
6) Creative Self
“The creative self is a dynamic concept”. It implies “movement and this
movement is the salient characteristic of life” (Adler in Feist, 1985: 78).
f) Theme
The theme of a story is whatever general idea or insight the entire
story reveals. A theme need not to be a moral or a message; it may be what the
happenings add up to, what the story is about. In many a fine short story, theme is the
center, the moving force, the principle of unity. Clearly, such a theme is something
other than the characters and events of its story. (Kennedy, 1983:103-104)
2) Technical Elements of the Movie
a) Mise-en-Scene
Mise-en-scene consists of the three major aspect of filmmaking
that are also components of staging a play: the settings; the subject(s) being filmed,
usually actors or people as themselves; and the composition, the arrangement of the
settings, lighting and subject. (Phillips, 2009: 11).
b) Cinematography
Cinematography (Literarily, “writing in movement”) depends to a
large extent on photography. (Bordwell and Thompson, 1990:156). Within the same
formal context in mise-en-scene, the filmmaker controls the cinematographic qualities
of the shot, how the image is photographed and framed, how long the image lasts on
the screen. (Bordwell and Thompson, 1990:199).
c) Sound
Sound is a simply an accompaniment to the real basis of cinema,
the moving images. Consider some of the advantages of sound for film. First, it
engages another sense mode; our visual attention can be accompanied by an aural
attention. Second, sound can actively shape how we interpret the image. (Bordwell
and Thompson, 1990: 244).
d) Editing
Editing may be thought of as the coordination of one shot with the
next (Bordwell and Thompson, 1990:207). Editing is easy to notice, it is only because
of the prevalent technique but also because the disjunction of space, time and
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graphics made by editing step to the eye attention (Bordwell and Thompson,
1990:209).
B. Research Method
In doing this research, the writer uses type of descriptive qualitative for her
research on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo movie (2011). The data of this study are image
and text in Hugo movie by Martin Scorsese. The data sources are the movie and
manuscript of Hugo movie (2011) and book, journal, etc. related to the topic. The
object of this study is Hugo movie directed by Martin Scorsese and was premiered by
Paramount Pictures in 2011. It is analyzed by using individual psychological
approach. The technique of analyzing data used in this study is descriptive analysis.
The steps taken by the writer in analyzing the data are as follows: the first is
analyzing the data based on its structural elements. The writer uses note-taking and
image-capturing as the method of collecting data in this research.
C. Research Finding
In this research finding, the researcher determines some points to analyze
Hugo movie (2011) as follows:
1. Structural Elements Analysis of Hugo Movie
a. Narrative Elements
1) Character and Characterization
A character is an imagined person who inhabits a story
(Kennedy, 1983: 45). He categorized it into two character,
namely major character and minor character.
Major character in this movie is Hugo Cabret, he is twelve
years old. Physically, he looks so pallid and his hair seems
lusterless far to be said well taken care of. However, mentally
Hugo has curiousness of something. Hugo is an independent and
courageous boy who wants to solve the mysterious puzzle of the
automaton given by his father before died.
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Isabelle:
Who are you?
Hugo:
Your grandfather stole my notebook.
I've got to get it back
before he burns it.
(Scene 64-66, 00:16:04,088-
00:16:10,761)
b) George Melies
Physically, George is an old man. He has baldhead and
his hair is white. He also has mustache and wrinkled on his
forehead. Mentally, he is depressed and firm man. He is
scare to remember his fragility after his successful movie
long time ago.
Isabelle:
All I know is the notebook
made him very upset.
And he and Mama Jeanne stayed up
very late talking about it.
Well, you see,
I think he was crying.
Scene 184-186, 00:29:02,116-00:29:13,668)
184-186, 00
c) Mama Jeanne
Psychically, Mama Jeanne looks so old and has
wrinkled on her forehead. She has a curly and white short
hair. Mentally, she is patient and always keeps calming
someone. She tries to be fair for all people whom she loves.
Mama Jeanne:
Quiet!
Now just keep quiet. I'll find a way
to get him out of the apartment.
Not a noise from either of you.
(Scene 437-439, 00:58:26,128-00:58:37,180)
d) Inspector Gustave
Psyshically, he is tall and has white skin. He has black
mustache, eyebrow and his gaze is sharp. His body is
sturdy but one of his leg broken because of war in the past.
Mentally, He looks so spooky and cruel. He will against the
person who looks strange.
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Inspector Gustave:
Seems Maximilian doesn't like the cut of
your jib, little man.
He is disturbed by your physiognomy.
He is upset by your visage.
Why would he not like your face?
(Scene 323-326, 00:44:24,370-00:44:39,009)
2) Setting
a) Setting of Place
The setting of place in Hugo movie (2011) involves
such places, they are as follows: Paris, France this is the place
where Hugo Cabret lives and spends his childhood keeping the
clock in Paris’s station. George’s place, this is the place where
George Melies and his wife live. They have a goddaughter,
named Isabelle who also lives in their apartment. The Film
Academy Library, this is the place where Hugo and Isabelle
find and meet a book entitle The Invention of Dream written by
Rene Tabard.
b) Setting of Time
There are several clues that show the time of the story
in Hugo movie (2011). This story happened when the winter
season in Paris, French. The beginning of this movie is when
the dawn is coming. The activity in the Paris’s station begins in
the morning. The clock in the Paris’s station shows 7 a.m.
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3) Casting
The characters of Hugo movie (2011) is casted by Ellen Lewis
and she helped by her friends who work as casting department.
She chooses the suitable and the nearest character for Hugo
movie (2011) such as Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret, Chloë
Grace Moretz as Isabelle, Ben Kingsley as Papa George Melies,
Sacha Baron Cohen as station inspector named Gustave, and
many others.
4) Plot
a) The Beginning
c) The End
The end of this story is happy ending. Hugo can solve
the mysterious of automaton. Then, George appears again
around his admirer and plays again his masterpiece for his
audience after long time he got depressed. He tells that he can
be strong again because of the braveness of Hugo Cabret
repairing the damaged automaton belongs to George.
5) Point of View
The point of view is non-participant or the third person
nor narrator. He does not bring in or engage himself as the
character in the story. In this movie, Hugo is the main
character who is an orphan boy lives in the wall of station. It
can be called point of view from the third person or non-
participant because he knows everything and seeing into any
character in Hugo movie (2011).
6) Theme
The theme in of Hugo movie (2011) is “an adventure of
children is a part of their upbringing and influencing for their
development character”. Sometimes child has a braveness
exceed than adult and a toy could make a good development
character influence to children.
b. Technical Elements of the Movie
1) Mise-en-Scene
a) Setting
The setting can be combined with the set of properties
and dressing in this movie. How the way character dresses and
the setting of the character’s environment. The setting can be
shown as the place where the story takes place. The picture
below is Hugo’s setting environment and activity.
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c) Lighting
In this movie, there are several scenes shown that there
is a difference in using the intensity or brightness to make the
movie more alive and interesting. It can be dark lighting and
bright lighting.
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Happy Expression
2) Cinematography
There some categories of angle, they are straight angle, high
angle, and low angle. This movie uses the three categories of those.
3) Sound
In Hugo movie (2011) uses sound that produced by Michael
Coleman who be placed in the oscar nominated sound team of Hugo
movie (2011) consists of co-supervising sound editor Philip
Stockton, co-supervising sound editor Eugene Gearty, and Tom
Fleischman as re-recording mixer. In Hugo movie (2011), they uses
cello and many others music instrument. Thus, the viewers more
enjoy the movie and feel satisfied to watch this movie.
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4) Editing
The situation shows in Hugo movie (2011) when Hugo and
Isabelle take a conversation about Hugo’s secret and mission to
complete the automaton’s machine. They are talking about the
puzzle of automaton while walking to go home after they saw a
movie. While they have a conversation, Hugo points the hall of
station where he lives and keeps a gigantic clock.
feels to give up. From style of life, Hugo Cabret has a bad and good
relation with other people who can influence his development in
seeking the right message left on automaton. The last point is creative
self of Hugo Cabret can be seen of Hugo’s effort repairing the
mechanic machine and finding the last part of the automaton’s
machine is the final goal of his dream. He struggles every challenge
faced around him.
b. Basic Concept of Childhood
In addition, supporting Hugo Cabret’s character
analysis in Hugo movie (2011), the writer uses the basic concept of
childhood by Fionda includes the dependent child, the autonomous
child, the incompetent child, the undeveloped adult, the unruly child,
and the marginalized child. From sixth branches of childhood’s basic
concept, Hugo Cabret typically has those characters as a child. The
dependent child reflected in Hugo is shaped by his rigidity to live
alone in the wall of Paris’s station, maintaining the gigantic clock and
fixing the automaton alone. The typical of an autonomous child
reflected in Hugo Cabret’s character showed when Hugo has to seek
the right message left in automaton, he thinks that the message will be
useful for him and his better life in future because his father ever said
that the mystery of something sometimes could make happy. Hugo
Cabret also has typical of the incompetent child, it can be seen when
Hugo solves his problem by stealing a part of automaton’s machine
from the shop. He does this dumb and short way in order to be able
finish his automaton as well as he runs. The undeveloped adult of
Hugo Cabret is seen Hugo as a child he could not have a long
consideration like adult. He just puts his own desires and main purpose
to get out of trouble that he should know the correct answer certainly,
not supposed his way is right or not. Hugo includes in the type of
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unruly child because he always insists people to help him easily while
he cannot act as well as he does. Then, he is also the marginalized
child who dare comes to George’s house while he has stolen machine
from his shop. His coming is not to have sorry about his fault but to
fulfill his own desires.
D. Conclusion
Based on the analysis in the previous chapter, the researcher would make
some conclusions in this way:
Firstly, based on the structural analysis of Hugo movie (2011) directed by
Martin Scorsese wants to relay the message of the movie through the major character,
Hugo Cabret. The message is “children solve problem through their adventure and
their toy could influence for their development as an active child”. Martin Scorsese’s
movie delivers that children use their imagination and adventure to solve problem
more enjoyable and interesting. It can be seen from the major character of the movie,
Hugo strives his problem through his adventure from the secret place in the wall of
Paris’s station until he decides to go out from there in order to get the message left on
his toy called automaton. Additionally, this movie portrays Paris’s condition and
Hugo Cabret who successfully acts as well as the character wrote in Brian Selznick’s
novel persistently from the beginning, the middle until the end of the story.
Secondly, based on individual psychological analysis which has sixth basic
concepts as the researcher explains in previous chapter, Hugo movie (2011) includes
in those aspects. Hugo movie (2011) can be analyzed used this theory as a part of
analysis of major character, Hugo Cabret. Martin Scorsese wants to convey the power
of child in solving a problem and a toy can build basic personality and developmental
of child when child gets loss parents’ education.
Thirdly, the researcher takes an issue of childhood in this study in order to
make her analysis more complete. There are sixth branch of childhood as mentioned
before. All of those aspects take place in Hugo movie (2011) and support the theory
of individual psychological for analyzing this study. The result of the childhood basic
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concept analysis is Hugo Cabret includes in the term of being childhood because in
Hugo movie (2011), Martin Scorsese presents the period of being child where Hugo
Cabret’s attitude is same as children likely do and he clarifies that children’s opinion
should be listened not just like a joke in a while.
E. Suggestion
Hugo movie (2011) is directed by Martin Scorsese which is based on the
novel written by Brian Selznick entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The
researcher still does not feel perfect in compiling this research, hopefully the readers
can draw conclusions and the lessons learned from this research in order to be useful
for them. In addition, for further research, this study is still needed for a lot of
interpretation in to be perfect and include many things that can be useful for readers
and further researchers. Further researchers who are interested in studying a movie or
other literary may use new issues different from the researcher such as: child’s
adventure, child’s development, child’s role play, etc. They can use other theories
such as: psychoanalytic or developmental theory which make this study more
complete. Literature is a large science to be studied not only the movie used by the
current researcher, it is also to be carry out in broader, extensive, and spacious
knowledge.
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