Abstract
There are mixed reactions and notions regarding the overt or covert discussion sexual intercourse, particularly, sexual intercourse portrayals in films/movies owing to the cultural underpinnings of most societies. Sex is a major issue in society because it is part of human existence. Films reflect society; hence how sexual intercourse is portrayed in films must be analysed. Aggregating both qualitative and quantitative methodological standpoints, this study describes an approach to the multimodal annotation and analysis of the portrayal of sexual intercourse in popular Ghanaian home video films through the use of ELAN annotation tool. The aim of this study is to present a conceptualised annotation scheme for the multimodal analysis of how sexual intercourse is depicted in Ghanaian home video films against the Ghanaian cultural tenets regarding sex. Various modes and aspects are considered so as to make apparent, how meaning is constructing regarding the conveying of sexual intercourse in scenes of Ghanaian home video films. The proposed annotation scheme deconstructs the sex scenes in order to make meaning. This would further the efforts of multimodality in audio-visual artefacts.
Presenters
Daniel Edem AdzovieLecturer/Researcher, Department of Communication Studies, University of Cape Coast, Central, Ghana
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Sexual intercourse, Sex, Video films, Audio-visual artefacts, ELAN, Multimodality, Ghanaian
