EXPECTANCY VIOLATION THEORY (EVT) DALAM FILM ‘DI TIMUR MATAHARI’ (Analisis Peran Vina, Gadis ‘Cina’ Bersuamikan Papua)

Abstract

Intercultural is the self most effective inter-personal between two people who are of different
cultural backgrounds. The Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) is a theory that explains that
people have expectations about nonverbal behavior of others. Unexpected changes that occur
within a conversation between communicators can cause a feeling of discomfort or even anger
and often ambiguous. Similarly, in the film, the film-makers and actors make the dialogue along
with the non-verbal language in a movie for menyeampaikan his message to the audience. In
this case, the authors raised the film "Di Timur Matahari" as its object, where there is a lot of
expectation violation in the interaction of players in the film. Therefore, of course, there was
much suspicion in the prediction and the communication interaction. Both predictions and
expectations created by his players, as well as predictions that are owned by the audience
watching the film. Both the positive and negative violations.
Keywords : Communication, Intercultural, Verbal, Non-Verbal, Expectancy Violation,
Prediction, Film