Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects Honors Program 5-2018 Talking Stories: An Analysis of Haolewood's Attempts to Tell Hawai'i's Stories Through Movie Trailers Pono R. Suganuma Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors Part of the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Suganuma, Pono R., "Talking Stories: An Analysis of Haolewood's Attempts to Tell Hawai'i's Stories Through Movie Trailers" (2018). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 448. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/448 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. TALKING STORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF HAOLEWOOD'S ATTEMPTS TO TELL HAW AI'l'S STORIES THROUGH MOVIE TRAILERS by Pono R. Suganuma Capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation with UNIVERSITY HONORS with a major in Journalism- emphasis in Public Relations in the Department of Journalism and Communication Approved: Capstone Mentor Departmental Honors Advisor Dr. Candi Carter Olson Dr. Cathy Ferrand Bullock Committee Member University Honors Program Director Dr. Debra Jenson Dr. Kristine Miller UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, UT May 2018 SUGANUMA, PONO 2 Abstract This study investigated how Native Hawaiians and Hawai'i are represented by the media, specifically in movies and their accompanying trailers. Thirty movie trailers from movies released between 1939 and 2016 were analyzed. These movies represented the various movie genres of romantic comedy, thriller, war, animation, drama, historical, and more.