PsiaranRamadionNovember 2011

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Ramadion Syamsuir“Learn, laugh & live from

writing”

Hello!

• 1x Hot Thread Kaskus

• ICT Award winner untuk positive content provider

• Former social media consultant of Putera Sampoerna Foundation

• Writer on Valadoo.com

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Todays’ Menu

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Our enemy in NOT making a good film review:

LAZYNESS

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Gue

Loe

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Target!

• Bagaimana cara menulis yang baik (surface)

• Bagaimana cara menulis tulisan fakta yang baik (surface)

• Bagaimana cara menulis tulisan fakta berbentuk artikel yang baik (surface)

• Bagaimana cara menulis artikel psikologi tentang film yang baik

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Why write a Film

Review?

Tentang barang tambang kita

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To fulfill people’s needs!

People need:• Good movie• Understand a good movie

• Why? So they will be entertained & sometimes enlightened

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Fulfill the Needs (ngejelasin ke yang belum paham)

The director’s or scripwriter’s IDEA

Better Understanding by PEOPLE

Agree?

People’s AHA moments (they’ll be grateful)

Why write a film review?

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Fulfill the Needs (sample)

Why write a film review?

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Fulfill the Needs

Find the mistakes

Enhance Film Quality

Cheesy LinesCliché

Incoherent plotWrong continuity

Stagnant ideaUnsuitable direction

Why write a film review?

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Kenapa kita harus nge-gap-in filmmaker yang bikin film JELEK?

Apakah “worth your ticket-money” atau itu

penipuan (filmmaker cuma mau duit)

Why write a film review?

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“Future Gold Mine”(barang tambang yang bagus tentu harus bisa dijual)

It’s a

Content Busines

s!

Why write a film review?

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- Make you more sensitive to nice films

- - Ada kepuasan tersendiri kalau review lo dinikmati orang (Amelia,

Ketua Psim-C, 2011)

Why write a film review?

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Sharpen your film instinct (for those who

wants to be a film maker )

Why write a film review?

Idelambat

Idemembanjir

Contoh yang nggak sensitif:

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Pengukuran Review Kamu Bagus atau Tidak

• Lolos dari tangan editor• Orang jadi mau nonton atau tidak

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How to be a Good Film-Reviewer?

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How to be a Good Film Reviewer

Read. A LOT.

Read Film Reviews. A LOT

Know the good writing technique.Apply the good technique.

You see, this is the LAST step.

Discuss with others. Try to see it their way

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What to Review?

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What to Review?

1. Emotion effect (technical)– Colors– Moves

• Left to right > light• Right to left > heavy• Up to down > positive

emotion• Down to up > negative

emotion/ sad– Symbol

• Protagonist > Square• Antagonist > Circle

Ghost in the afternoon :

Against the mainstream

Meet the full appearance of shark

in the end

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What to Review?

2. Psychology theory 4. Fun Things

Remember the Truck Pizza from Pixar?

3. Story/ Plot– Continuity– Characters’ reactions– Slow/ Fast plot?

5. Another emotion effect

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What to Review?

How to Capture These All?

Watch a lot of movies!

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Let’s Try!

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Pembahasan Resensi

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A few technical things

• Start from something readers can relate to then gradually talk about things more difficult– If it’s too difficult, readers will be too exhausted to continue.– Ex.: Rattatouille review by TIME

• Know who is your audience- So, how easy / difficult? Know where your article will be published, if for

high-school student, talk about something close to their life

• Engage through the first sentence (HOOK)- Tell the core of the film, but in general way. This will make readers

wants to continue reading

• Interest level- Start from something highly interesting, then go to the least interesting, then went up again to the most interesting. Your starting move will make the least interesting perceived more interesting.

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A few technical things (2)

• Know the difference between bad movie, intentionally made to look bad, intended made as vintage (art)- This is about reputation. You don’t want to look bad because you don’t get

what the director meant.

• Tell in details- General: Scar is mean. Detail: Scar killed Mufasa by making Simba as bait,

Scar drove Mufasa of the cliff.- But be careful for spoilers.

• Story-telling not fact-tellingFact-telling: Transformer used … terabyte in special effectStory telling: The … terabyte of special effect is made not to waste, the robots looks real, we can even see their electrical joint spin when they move.

• NEAR: necessary, effective, accurate, relevant

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How to MASTER those technical things?

Write-A-Lot

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Want to Publish it?

– Keep it short and simple (500-1000 characters)

– According to the defined theme

– Know how to cite source and write the source of references

– Use “kamu”

– Your best picture!

Thank You!