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Abstract
The study is concerned with the multimodal analysis of films. It examines the multimodal nature of films and how language and moving images complement each other to communicate meaning.In other words, it aims at understanding how the different modes affect each other and affect the meaning-making process. The framework used in the study is an integrated framework. It includes
different tools for analyzing the linguistic aspects in the film as well as tools for analyzing the moving images of the film. Linguistically the framework analyzes the dialogue between characters using Grice’s (1975) Cooperative Principle and its attendant maxims as well as the notion of implicature, Brown and Levinson’s (1987) Politeness strategies and Searle’s (1976) classification of illocutionary acts. Visually the framework analyzes gaze and kinetic action as well as camera angle, camera movement, and visual frame. Scorsese’s The Departed is chosen to demonstrate how the framework contributes towards analyzing the linguistic as well as the visual aspects of
films. The Departed is an Oscar winning movie by the talented and influential director Martin Scorsese. The study aims to find out (1) how the characters’ relationships are portrayed visually and verbally, (2) how the film’s themes are portrayed visually and verbally, and (3) how the visual and verbal modes collaborate to present the film’s message.
The results reveal that combining the meanings of verbal and visual aspects in the movie reflect the major themes and the relationship between characters. Verbally, characters resort to lying and deception to conceal their identities. Additionally, characters in a position of power use politeness strategies to express their position. Moreover, the nature of conversations between characters convey the type of relationship the characters have. Visually, camera frames and angles concentrate on characters’ facial expressions revealing their emotions, while, body language signifies power relations between characters.