This film is adopted from real story of Marsinah, an activist and a labor in a watch company in Sidoarjo who demands a change in workforce bureaucracy.
Research problems in this research are how often does social critical arises? Who is the critical target? And what is critical theme containing in social critical of Marsinah Film. While, the purpose is to know the frequency of social critical arising in Slamet Rahardjo Djarot’s Marsinah film.
This research uses content analysis method using descriptive statistical instrument. Purpose of this research design is to present message frame accurately. This research uses scene, which is an important part in film, as analysis unit. Data collecting technique uses coding sheet with category structure of critical target and critical theme and then research uses CR formula developed by R. Holsty to count research value. While for reliability test, PI Index Scott is used.
Research result shows that from 98 total scene, social critical arises in 22 scenes or 22.4% of Slamet Rahardjo Djarot’s Marsinah film.
22 scenes or 22.45% arise in critical target category, with 12 scenes (12.25%) for government indicator and 10 scenes (10.20%) for company indicator. For critical theme category, 2 scenes (02.04%) are for labor wage indicator and 14 scenes (14.29%) for injustice to labor indicator. Whereas, indicator of harshness to labor are 6 scenes (06.12%). All of them are total of film.
Conclusion of this valuation shows that the frequency of social critical arising in Slamet Rahardjo Djarot’s Marsinah film is 44.9 or less than a half of scene amounts existing in the film (98 scenes). It is because each critical theme is related to critical targets and conversely each critical target contains theme in it. This result is obtained through the calculation of each category arising in film
