The Presence of New Media in the Development of Independent Movies in Indonesia (Study of Kineforum Jakarta)[*]
Edoardo Irfan1**, Irwa R Zarkasi2
1,2Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Al Azhar Indonesia, Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Jakarta 12110
2Student of Doctoral Program, Post Graduate Program, Department of Communication Sciences,
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia
**penulis untuk korespondensi: edoardo_irfan@uai.ac.id
Abstract
The history of film notes that the major Hollywood studios today was originally born out of several small studio (independent). Technological developments in the film industry, directly stimulate the development of independent movies in America to this day and Sundance Film Festival to be one barometer for the development of independent movies in the world, especially America. In Indonesia, the emergence of independent movie began in the seventies when the establishment of the Jakarta Arts Council and the first film school in Indonesia. Continued in the early eighties, through independent movies forum and driven by college students. The independent movies is currently experiencing a very dynamic development and unique. This can be seen from the many independent movie festivals that are held and one of the factors driving force is the use of new media to support the promotional activities of the films. This paper describes the use of new media in the dynamic development of independent movie in Indonesia. In addition to aspects of the use of new media, this paper also discusses the various debates in the discussion of the concept of independent movie. In Indonesia, there are several opinions about the concept of independent movie and will be described further to obtain a clear limitation of the concept.
Keywords – film industry, independent movie, new media
[*] This Paper has been presented in 20th AMIC Annual Conference which held at Taj Krishna Hotel, Hyderabad, India 24-27 June 2011