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This research aims to determine the multimodal structure of jokes in an animated superhero movie. The method used in this article is the qualitative descriptive method, specifically by identifying possible jokes within the movie and describing how each element of the film, the modes of it, help build the joke. The data set was obtained by observing an animated superhero film, then tagging the parts that were thought of to be humorous in effect, possibly marked by a small pause in action if the joke is structured linearly and consecutively. The results show that the animation film builds two kinds of jokes. The first kind is where the textual or dialogue element tells a joke and the other audiovisual elements, such as character action or sound effect, reinforces it. This is the kind that is built linearly and consecutively, where all elements of the joke such as the F1 + F2 + F3 structures, S1 S2 structures, disjunctors, and connectors are presented chronologically. The second kind is where different elements of the joke is represented by different elements of the film, such as the disjunctor existing in the visual element and the connector in the audio element. This research provides further forays into the intersectional field of multimodality and humor and shows how multimodal texts can structure humor in a way single mode texts can't.

Multimodal structure, humor, animation, film