[ROUGH DRAFT] Research Proposal for Academic Speaking Class: THE DEPICTION OF PLATONIC LOVE IN “LOST IN TRANSLATION
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Opening
Good
morning, everyone. Love is a universal thing. Many believe that love is what
keeps us alive, in some sense. So, for sure, we can see that love is being
portrayed through various products of pop culture such as songs, novels, and movies.
I believe that those pop culture products reflect our society, and we can
actually see the changing and shifting perspective of many aspects in our life
with it. In this case, love, as the most popular and major theme in pop culture,
also shifts extremely. But that is only one of the reasons of my research
proposal which I’m, Linna
Amanda, going
to present to you today entitled “THE DEPICTION OF PLATONIC LOVE IN “LOST IN
TRANSLATION.”
1. Background: academic and
personal
There
are a few things of why I’m interested in proposing this research
1. Many
people do not get why “Lost in Translation” is a canon romance movie in the
00’s. Lost in Translation, released in 2003. Directed by Sofia Coppola,
and starring by the infamous Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, and even won
an Oscar for best original screenplay. It is the type of a silence and quiet
movie, following the conversations in between the two main characters, and
apparently some people found it boring. Which in fact, that is the highlight of
the movie, the non-sexual relationship itself.
2. It
is a reflective social issues to romantic relationship in contemporary cinemas
as where the kind of platonic love is now rarely to be seen. As I said before,
pop culture products reflect the society we live in. In the era of 1990s until
the early 2000s, relationship is gradually changing from the relationship which
is started from friendship to romantic, to relationship where lust plays an
important role, or the type of relationship where romantic style is a must.
Thus, from this movie, I want to show how, we as human, can found love in an
extremely natural way, without being staged or pushed, because I believe that
there are also many aspects in love that we can rather more focus on.
2. List previous research
(bibliography)
There
were numerous studies about both platonic love and lost in translation. There
were five research paper and articles that I focused on before, all of them
analyzes the way the cause of the relationship, and in my opinion, without
clear conclusion.
3. State the gap
None of the research focuses on the type of the
relationship, but rather on the general causes of why it happens when actually
by narrowing it down we can analyze the movie easier. Hence, I personally
believe that the relationship is based from Platonic Love, a love without
sexual desire.
4. State the aim
So,
with this my research proposal has one aim, which is:
To analyze how and why the relationship happens,
through the perspective of Platonic Love.
5. Mention the major theory
Regarding
to the aim itself, my research purposes will be entirely focusing on the theory
of Platonic love. The term ‘Platonic Love’ today refers to a strong, non-sexual
bond. Plato recommended purely spiritual relationships as the highest form of
love, though he also recommended starting with a lot of hot and sweaty gay sex.
-Kaye, S (2013)
6. Methodology (how it will be)
Therefore,
to make this research proposal happens, my method of purposes will be:
Analyzing
the Textual Evidence; dialogues in the movie script
Observing
the Movie Techniques such as; shots, lighting, cinematography
7. Expectations (how t will be
beneficial)
As a
contribution to the literature and philosophical field, or even social
communication field. Because my research will scrutinize the relationships,
started from how and why it happens, and the effect of the relationship. I
believe that this will lead to a contribution to those fields.
As a reflection for the society, of what we need in
a relationship, rather than what we want. Because in this era, having status in a
relationship is more important than having a real bonding relationship.
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Ending
That
brings us to the end of my presentation,
I
hope that my research proposal will be a good deed for the social and humanity field,
Thank
you very much for your attention, have a good day.
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