Authors : Eun Jung Park and Jinwha Kim
Abstract: This study has the aim to analyze viewer’s emotion concerning power and horror in the film of Apocalypse Now. The emotion concerning Vietnam War is driven by the sound and darkness. This study will explore how the different narrative structures influence our perception of Apocalypse Now as the disclosure of ‘emotional darkness hidden in human mind of rapaciously insanity. Text mining techniques will visualize how the diverse images and sounds and the film script documents of Apocalypse Now influence on viewer’s perception of ‘human darkness’ hidden under the circumstances of Vietnam War. The emotional structure of human darkness in Apocalypse Now is framed as ‘human darkness’. Willard executes Kurtz following the orders of the US Headquarters, then, rejecting to be the new leader of Kurtz’s Kingdom, he “leaves” for “nowhere,” with the resounding cognition of the reality of human darkness. The fact that in this film there are only the audiences who would listen to Willard’s interpretation of Kurtz’s last word, ‘horror, horror’ does not make film viewers insane in the real space but make insane in a fantastic space. This study will analyze the emotional darkness between the impact of sound and the power of light and shade through the text mining revealing ‘horror’ only in the fantastic spectacle space which will be proven as the story mining in the process of audience cognition.
Eun Jung Park and Jinwha Kim, 2018. Who is Afraid of Power and Horror?: Emotional Narrative Through Story Mining in Apocalypse Now. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 3758-3763.