Empirical investigation of A Widow's Journey: A visual exploration utilising experimental film

Navyza Anindya Fauzia Pasemah, Dyah Ayu Wiwid Sintowoko, Soni Sadono

Abstract


Background: The experimental film A Widow will engage the spectator in the protagonist's journey as a widowed woman on an avant-garde exploration. Confined within a realm that blurs the distinctions between reality and fate. The protagonist encounters a succession of paradoxes that she endeavours to comprehend. Nevertheless, the more she endeavoured to comprehend her alternatives, the more perplexed her environment grew. Purpose: This study seeks to elucidate the creative process of visualizing feminism via the lens of a widow's experience. This research employs both an avant-garde methodology and a discourse platform that examines the convergence of realism with the experiences of a widow and feminist themes. Methods: This research used a qualitative method with a reception analysis approach through two elements of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's experimental film theory, abstract form and associational form. Results: The results indicate that an experimental experience utilizing metaphorical symbols, inspired by the author's mother—who was a twice-widowed individual—has transformed into an element of abstract form. An occurrence, which the author refers to as "coincidence," heightened the enigma around a widow from her two husbands. Implications: Provide information about an experimental film, A Widow that has a visual power that can influence the audience in processing the message conveyed.


Keywords


A widow film; feminism; film style; Indonesian experimental film; Indonesian post-cinema

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