GESTURES USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME” MOVIE

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the gestures used by the main character in Spider-Man: No Way Home movie. The researchers focuses on analyzing the types of gestures used by the main character and the reason why the main character used the gestures. In this research, researchers used theories from Andersen (1999) about gestures. The researchers used a qualitative research approach. In this movie, there are 3 Spider-Mans, but researchers only focus on examining the gestures used by the main character, Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland. The results showed that there are three types mentioned by Andersen in his theory in Spider-Man: No Way Home movie. In this film, Peter Parker uses adaptor gestures 5 times, emblem gestures 2 times, and illustrator gestures 20 times. The total findings that the researchers found amounted to 27 extracts.