Engineering Comedy In The Mekah I'm Coming Film Based On The Structure Of The Hero's Journey

Abstract

Mekah I'm Coming is a comedy film. This film shows the drama of love and the conflict of hajj travel fraud. The comedy in this film seems exaggerated. The purpose of this study is to describe the journey of Heroism in the development of the main character. It is based on 12 structures of the hero's journey and analyzes the story's comedy techniques. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data collection scheme used in this study is to watch the movie "Mekah I'm Coming". Furthermore, it is studied based on the 12 structures of heroes' journeys. Then determine the humor in the film. The analysis uses Arthur Asa Berger's comedy technique with four basic categories: language, logic, identity, and action. The study results show that the hero's journey contains the story of the main character, Eddy, who directs his adventures in pursuing love. The storytelling of the Mekah I'm Coming film uses comedy techniques in the language category, followed by logic, identity, and action. The comedy technique in this film does not only serve as the packaging of humor. But also as an introduction to character characteristics, building conflicts, and messengers to display social life problems that occur in society.