SPACE, TIME AND CAUSALITY IN THE NARATIVE OF ANIMATION GENG PENGEMBARAAN BERMULA

The most important part of any films lies in its narrative. The development of a narrative stems on the chronological events that are based on cause and effect elements (causality). The Geng Pengembaraan Bermula was listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first 3D Malay animation film in Malaysia. This film has gained public recognition in various film festivals, locally and internationally. Surprisingly, in terms of its narrative, the plot portrayed in this film has lack of continuity issues. The adventure as the main thrust of this film becomes unclear due to its loose narrative. This paper will apply Edward Branigan‟s (1992) narrative elements approach to analyze and explain the three narrative elements; space, time and cause and effect in Geng Pengembaraan Bermula. The findings in this article are derived from the fundamental research and content analysis as the main research tool. This article has postulated that the „cause and effect‟ element is not presented in detail throughout the story plot. Besides focusing on the „cause and effect‟ elements found in the protagonist, this study will stretch further on looking at other „cause and effect‟ elements portrayed in other characters as well. The shortcomings in this film s narrative affects, the identification of its protagonist, as well as it raises many questions on the flow of events in this film among its audience.