The Formation Of Self Concept And Self Esteem Of Bully Victims In Koe No Katachi Film

The phenomenon of bullying often occurs in Indonesia. Joseph Sebastian Zebua is an elementary school student who had experienced bullying from his schoolmates. As a result of the bully, he became afraid to go to school. Self-concept and self esteem from bully victims are formed due to the influence of the bully. Bully victims will bring their fears to adulthood which can destroy their future. This bully phenomenon can be caused by many things, one of them is through film. Film becomes a spectacle of many people and can be a reflection of what is happening in society. In the movie Koe No Katachi there are many scenes that show scenes of bully. There are three characters in this film who are victims of bullying at their school. They are Nishimiya Shoko, Ishida Shoya, and Miyoko Sahara. Each of them has a different self concept and self esteem. They have different views of themselves. They feel scared, shy and hate themselves that encourage themselves to commit suicide. The opinions from their friends greatly influence the way they see themselves. As a result, they feel lower or more negative than others. This study aims to see how the formation of self concept and self esteem from bully victims in the film Koe No Katachi. To see that, researchers used Roland Barthes's semiotic analysis as a methodology, through two levels; denotation and connotation with a qualitative descriptive approach. Character’s verbal and non verbal act will be analyzed by semiotic theory which then will be studied using self concept and self esteem theory. There are three categorizations in seeing the victim's self-concept; through the views of others, self-interpretation, and environmental comparisons. The victims considered themselves negative from the three categorizations. Bad self concept will lead the characters to have a low self esteem. These behaviors of the three bully victims are illustrated in 11 scenes in the 130-minute film which are selected using purposive sampling.