Senin, 15 Juni 2009

SINOPSIS FILM DOKUMENTER “KEPALA SEKOLAHKU PEMULUNG”

Film ini menceritakan perjuangan Mahmud (49 tahun) seorang kepala sekolah Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Mts / setingkat SMP) di kota metropolis Jakarta yang menyambi sebagai pemulung karena gajinya minim, bahkan dibawah Upah Minimum Propinsi. Walaupun sekolah yang dipimpinnya berhasil mendapat predikat sekolah dengan Ujian Nasional (UN) terbaik di tahun ajaran 2006/2007 lalu, tapi fasilitas di sekolah itu kurang baik, seperti laboratorium, perpustakaan, kelas, dll.

Profesi sambilan Mahmud sebagai pemulung memicu kontroversi baik diantara rekan guru, masyarakat sekitar bahkan siswa/i nya sendiri. Walaupun profesi sambilannya dianggap tidak pantas oleh sebagian mayarakat tapi dia meyakini apa yang dikerjakannya halal dan tidak mengganggu profesi utamanya.
Mahmud juga mempunyai 3 orang anak, dan istrinya saat ini terkena sakit kanker otak, suatu penyakit yang tidak murah untuk diobati.

Selain itu, di film ini juga digambarkan keadaan lingkungan di sekitar Bambu Larangan-Cengkareng, Jakarta Barat,tempat Mahmud tinggal dan memulung, dimana warga sekitar menggunakan kali untuk mencuci baju, buang air,dll. Sangat ironis melihat keadaan ini masih ada di Ibu Kota DKI Jakarta, yang notabene memiliki APBD terbesar di negeri ini, dan sudah menganggarkan 20% dana APBD untuk pendidikan.

Lantas, bagaimana Mahmud menghadapi kontroversi “guru tak pantas memulung”, dan bagaimana pula perjuangannya dalam menghidupi anak-anaknya dan istrinya?
















Video Dokumenter: Jogja Berhati Mural

cover-jogja-berhati-muralSebagian besar footage dan foto dalam video ini menggunakan materi dari dokumentasi IVAA yang diambil sepanjang 1999 hingga 2006. Materi dokumentasi ini kemudian diselaraskan dengan penelitian yang dilakukan sebelum produksi. Fokus penelitian adalah untuk menilik ulang perkembangan seni rupa publik (khususnya mural) di Yogyakarta, baik dari sudut pandang pelaku maupun publik umum yang hidup diantara bentuk-bentuk ekspresi tersebut.

Jenis Terbitan: Video Dokumenter
Hal/Durasi: 30 menit 26 detik
Penulis/Sutradara: Yuli Andari Merdikaningtyas, Dwi Rahmanto, Nunuk Ambarwati
Editor: Anang Saptoto
Tahun: 2007
ISBN: -

video komunitas dan video dokumenter

Video Komunitas dan Video Dokumenter


latihanvideodipilingBeragam istilah dalam dunia pembuatan video yang muncul dalam beberapa tahun terakhir memang bisa membingungkan. Sampai-sampai, menghafalkan berbagai istilah itu jauh lebih sulit daripada membuat video itu sendiri. Para pembuat video profesional dan para intelektual menjadi sibuk merumuskan definisi-definisi. Dan, dalam keriuhan itu, ada yang menganggap bahwa video komunitas adalah bagian dari video dokumenter. Padahal, ini adalah dua jenis yang berbeda, meskipun memang --dalam banyak hal, banyak sekali persamaannya.

Perbedaan yang paling jelas dan utama adalah tujuan pembuatannya. Pada video dokumenter --sama seperti video atau film umumnya-- sangat berorientasi pada hasil video itu sendiri sebagai suatu karya. Video komunitas ustru lebih mementingkan prosesnya. Perbedaan lain, video dokumenter --dan video umumnya-- selalu mengharuskan ada naskah (script) yang ditulis berdasarkan kaidah-kaidah baku profesional. Pada video komunitas, ketentuan atau persyaratan itu tidak selalu harus ada. Warga masyarakat setempat yang membuat video komunitas lebih berpedoman pada gagasan umum yang mereka sepakati bersama-sama. Memang, kadang-kadang secara bersama sama mereka menyusun juga ‘naskah’, tetapi biasanya juga hanya dalam bentuk ‘naskah garis-besar’ (outline script) saja, atau ‘papan cerita’ (story board) sederhana saja, itupun menurut cara dan gaya mereka sendiri, sangat sering tidak mengikuti --bahkan mereka umumnya tidak pernah tahu (untuk apa?)-- kaidah-kaidah baku penulisan naskah video atau film seperti yang dikenal di kalangan para profesional.

Dalam hal biaya produksi, video komunitas tidak memerlukan biaya mahal seperti pada video dokumenter, apalagi film seni, atau film komersial. Seperti nampak pada contoh kasus di Kepulauan Kei dan di Bali, selama 15 dan 8 tahun terus-menerus, mereka tetap bertahan dan bahkan mampu membiayai sendiri produksi mereka. Tetapi, harus diakui, pengalaman di dua tempat itu memperlihatkan ada kelemahan yang juga umum ditemukan di banyak organisasi masyarakat seperti mereka, yakni kelalaian menghitung biaya-biaya penyusutan (depresiasi) dan perawatan peralatan. Apabila peralatan rusak, berhentilah mereka berproduksi. Perlu waktu panjang untuk mampu membeli lagi yang baru.

Perbedaan lain yang lebih mendasar, video dokumenter akan selesai ketika video selesai, sedangkan video komunitas justru baru mulai ketika produknya selesai dibuat. Produk tersebut dipergunakan sebagai media untuk berbagai tujuan. Oleh sebab itu, biasanya memerlukan waktu lebih lama, karena akan berhenti jika sasaran sudah dicapai. Bahkan --karena masalah dan kegiatan komunitas tidak pernah ada habisnya-- video komunitas bahkan mungkin pula ‘tak pernah selesai’.

Hal yang sering membuat bingung ialah ada video komunitas yang dibuat oleh para profesional sebagai bagian dari suatu program atau proyek menggunakan pendekatan partisipatif. Mereka kadang mengakui (claiming) telah membuat video komunitas hanya karena prosesnya pembuatannya melibatkan juga warga masyarakat setempat. Dalam hal inilah mungkin memang lebih tepat jika mereka menyatakan itu sebagai ‘video partisipatif’ (participatory video). Tetapi, sebagai ‘video komunitas’?

Nah, daripada bergaduh terus tentang istilah, nampaknya lebih baik memang melakukannya saja langsung. Dalam praktik, warga masyarakat terkadang dan sering malah menemukan istilahnya sendiri. Apapun, istilah itu sesungguhnya yang paling tepat untuk menamakan apa yang mereka kerjakan. Bukankah ‘kekuasaan untuk penamaan dan pemaknaan’ adalah justru salah satu isu paling mendasar dari upaya penciptaan suatu sistem komunikasi atau media alternatif yang, antara lain, melahirkan gagasan dan praktik video komunitas?

Namun, sebagai rangka dasar, untuk melihat perbedaan-perbedaan penting lainnya antara video komunitas dengan video dokumenter, mungkin tabel berikut akan sedikit membantu.*

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Video Dokumenter

Video Komunitas

Siapa menentukan isi?

Pembuat Dokumenter

Warga masyarakat setempat

Siapa menulis naskah?

Pembuat Dokumenter

Sering tidak memerlukan naskah, atau warga setempat bersama-sama menyusunnya

Siapa mengambil gambar?

Pembuat Dokumenter atau pengarah kamera profesional

Warga setempat atau bersama fasilitator (sebagai suatu tim pengarah kolektif)

Siapa penonton utama?

Tak dapat ditentukan, bahkan 'anonim' (tak dikenal oleh pembuat).

Warga setempat, tidak anonim.

Siapa yang menyebarkan?

Pembuat dokumenter kerjasama dengan pihak lain.

Warga setempat kadang dibantu oleh fasilitator.

Siapa yang membiayai?

Pembuat dokumenter atau penyandang dana tertentu.

Masyarakat

Apakah umpan balik diharapkan?

Tidak terlalu diperlukan, bair penonton yang berpikir tentang itu.

Wajib, video itu hanya alat untuk memulai tindakan-tindakan nyata.

Proses atau produk?

Lebih mementingkan produk.

Lebih mementingkan proses.

Apa paradigma dibelakangnya?

Monoisme, obsesi, obyektivitas, subyektif.

Pluralisme, subyektif.

Sabtu, 14 Maret 2009

Lamb of God Gelar Pesta Metal di Jakarta
Minggu, 8/3/2009
KOMPAS.COM/DAVID TANSEN
Lamb of God dalam jumpa pers di Jakarta, 8 Maret 2009.

JAKARTA, MINGGU - Lamb of God (LoG), band heavy metal/new wave of American trash metal, sudah berada di Jakarta untuk tampil di Tennis Outdoor Senayan, Senin (9/3) malam, dalam rangka Wrath Tour 2009.

Wrath Tour merupakan tur promosi album berjudul Wrath, album yang dirilis serempak di seluruh dunia pada 24 Februari lalu oleh grup dari AS yang terdiri dari Chris Adler (drum), Will Adler (gitar), Mike Morton (gitar), Randy Blythe (vokal), dan John Campbell (bas) ini.

Tercatat, meskipun baru beredar, album Wrath telah berhasil menduduki posisi kedua pada tangga-tangga album metal di AS dan tempat teratas pada tangga-tangga album metal di beberapa negara lain. Tercatat pula, 60.000 copy album tersebut sudah terjual dalam minggu pertama peredarannya di AS. Kata Randy dalam jumpa pers di Mario's Place Jakarta, Minggu (8/3) sore, angka penjualan yang fantastis bagi mereka itu tak mengubah sikap dan cara bermusik mereka. Mereka akan tetap mengusung musik yang cepat dan lugas.

Ke Jakarta, band yang pernah memperoleh nominasi Grammy Awards ini diboyong oleh Solucites, promotor Indonesia untuk konser rock dan metal. Dalam jumpa pers yang sama, pihak Solucites mengatakan bahwa mereka sudah sejak dua tahun lalu mengejar kesempatan untuk memanggungkan LoG di Jakarta. Namun, baru tahun ini LoG bersedia memenuhi pinangan pihak Solucites.

Dalam konser Wrath Tour 2009 di Jakarta, selama kira-kira dua jam LoG akan mempromosi album Wrath dengan membawakan antara lain Set to Fail dan Contractor, serta menyajikan hit-hit mereka seperti Walk with Me in Hell, Again We Rise, dan Pathetic. Sebelum mereka beraksi, akan tampil Deadsquad, band metal dalam negeri yang dibentuk oleh Stevi Item, yang selama ini dikenal sebagai personel grup Andra and the Backbone.

Untuk tiket pesta komunitas metal Tanah Air tersebut, yang masih bisa dibeli di Tennis Outdoor Senayan, Solucites memasang harga Rp390.000 untuk kelas festival dan Rp360.000 untuk kelas tribun. (SEN/Kompas.com/ATI)

this is LAMB OF GOD my Favorite band

Formation and Burn the Priest (1994–1999)

In 1990, guitarist Mark Morton, drummer Chris Adler and bassist John Campbell started a band named Burn the Priest.[9] The band members knew each other from the college they were all attending, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia.[10] Morton left the band soon after its inception to receive his master's degree. Adler and Campbell replaced Morton with Abe Spear. For the next five years, the band practiced in Adler's house and around Virginia. In 1995, the band released its self-titled first demo. After the demo, Burn the Priest recorded two split albums with Agents of Satan and ZED respectively.[11] After the band's first three demos, Burn the Priest added vocalist Randy Blythe to its line up.[11]

In 1997, Morton returned to the band.[11] The following year, the band released its first full-length self-titled album, Burn the Priest, through Legion Records. The album was produced by Today Is the Day guitarist and vocalist Steve Austin. Spear left the band, leaving an open position for a guitarist. Adler's brother, Willie Adler, became the band's second guitarist a year later, and a deal with Prosthetic Records was signed.[11] After being banned from playing in certain places (some venue owners believing the band possessed an "evil" name),[12] Burn the Priest changed their name to Lamb of God.

[edit] New American Gospel and As the Palaces Burn (2000–2003)

Guitarist Mark Morton performing at the With Full Force music festival in 2007.

With a new name and label, the band released its second album, New American Gospel, in September 2000.[13] Patrick Kennedy of Allmusic compared the band to Pantera, stating "The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of God's inaugural album. New American Gospel provides a mighty oak upon which gritty American metal's faith is maintained, effectively bridging the '90s' insistence upon drill-sergeant technicality and the old school's determined focus on riff construction."[13] Chris Adler commented: "This is a classic record. We had all the elements come together to make one of the heaviest, yet contagious records of our career. It was difficult to contain us—we didn't even understand at the time what we had created."[14]

Lamb of God toured for two years before releasing its third studio album, As the Palaces Burn, on May 6, 2003. Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars who wrote that "unlike many of their overreaching, Slipknot-influenced contemporaries, Lamb of God deliver a meticulously crafted metal assault."[15] The album was voted the number one album of 2003 by both Revolver Magazine and Metal Hammer. The band toured on the first Headbangers Ball tour, where they recorded a DVD including live performances and a documentary, titled Terror and Hubris. The DVD was a success, debuting at number 31 on the Billboard Top Music Videos chart.[16][17]

[edit] Ashes of the Wake (2004–2005)

Vocalist Randy Blythe performing at Ozzfest 2004.

Lamb of God released Ashes of the Wake in August 2004, which debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, and sold over 35,000 copies in its first week.[18][19] The album was distributed through the band's new record label, Epic Records. Johnny Loftus of Allmusic praised the album, saying "With the genre getting clogged by PVC goofs and Alice in Chains impersonators, Lamb of God balances the equation of power, rage, tradition, and craft. It kills the filler."[20] The title track of the album featured Testament and ex–Megadeth guitarists Alex Skolnick and Chris Poland, respectively.[20]

The band supported Ashes of the Wake with extensive touring, including a second stage slot on Ozzfest in 2004,[21] and the 2005 Sounds of the Underground tour.[22] The band was awarded 2nd Best Album of the Year by Revolver Magazine behind Mastodon's Leviathan, and was awarded Best Music Video for "Now You've Got Something to Die For" (2005).[23] While on tour, the band recorded a performance and released it with the name of Killadelphia. The release was made available as a DVD and a CD.[24] The DVD was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2007.[25]

[edit] Sacrament (2005–2007)

Bassist John Campbell performing at With Full Force 2007

In August 2006 Lamb of God released its fifth studio album, Sacrament. The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and sold nearly 65,000 copies in its first week of sales, nearly doubling the first week sales of Ashes of the Wake.[18] The album received generally positive reviews, with Cosmo Lee of Stylus Magazine stating, "Sacrament has the band's most memorable songs to date. Musically, there's no fat. The band plays with laser precision and songs move smoothly through riffs and transitions."[26] Ed Thompson of IGN referred to Sacrament "one of the best metal albums of 2006",[27] and Jon Pareles of Blender called it a "speed rush all the way through".[28]

The band appeared on major tours to support the album, including The Unholy Alliance with Slayer, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, and Thine Eyes Bleed,[29] Gigantour, supporting Megadeth;[30] main stage at Ozzfest;[21] an appearance at the Download Festival, and an exclusive co-headlining tour with Killswitch Engage, Soilwork, and Devil Driver where Killswitch Engage and Lamb of God shared headlining spots alternately each show.[31] Lamb of God was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards for "Redneck", but lost out to Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane".[32]

In December 2007, the band re-released the album as Sacrament: Deluxe Producer Edition. The release contained all of the original songs from Sacrament on the first disc, and the second disc was a CD-ROM featuring all of the vocal, bass, guitar, and drum tracks in 192kbit/s MP3 format, enabling the buyer to produce their own interpretation of the songs. Blythe stated, "you sometimes have to do something special to get kids to even buy an album these days rather than download it."[33] The band is taking a break to write new material throughout 2008 and prepare a new record for release, slated for 2009. The band is negotiating for a new record label to distribute records outside the United States. Chris Adler stated Epic Records in the United States "couldn't be more perfect", but wants a different label for international releases.[34] The band later inked a deal with Roadrunner on 1 May 2008 for distribution outside the United States.[citation needed]

[edit] Walk with Me in Hell and Wrath (2008-present)

Randy Blythe at With Full Force 2007

On May 1, Lamb of God announced via MySpace their new DVD, Walk with Me in Hell, would be released on July 1, 2008. The DVD is a double-disc and has nearly five hours of footage, containing the feature documentary Walk with Me in Hell and multiple live performance extras from the Sacrament World Tour. At the end of the Walk with Me in Hell documentary the members stated that they are excited more than ever to write new material.

In August, 2008, it was announced that the band had commenced work on the follow-up to Sacrament, and that its release was scheduled for February, 2009. Josh Wilbur was also named as the producer for the record.[35] They will also be touring with Metallica as a direct support act starting in December 2008.[36]

The recording process of the new record was made available to view online live through the band's website, with two webcams installed in the studio (specifically in the drum room and mixing room).[37]

The new record is called Wrath [38] and was released on February 24 2009 in the USA via Epic Records and on 23 February 2009 via Roadrunner Records. Drummer Chris Adler was quoted saying "This album is going to surprise a lot of people. Typically bands that get to where we are in our career begin to slack off, smell the roses and regurgitate. We chose a different path. No one wants to hear another band member hyping a new record. ‘Wrath’ needs no hype. We have topped ourselves and on February 24 you will feel it." With that said, "Wrath" debuted on the Billboard 200 at number two, selling over 68,000 copies in its first week.[39]

Beginning on April 2, 2009, Lamb of God will embark on the No Fear Energy Tour headlined by themselves with main support from As I Lay Dying and Children of Bodom, and rotating opening slots with God Forbid and Municipal Waste.[40]

[edit] Musical style

Lamb of God was formed as an instrumental band, Burn the Priest, and included vocals after Randy Blythe joined the band as a vocalist. After they reached the success with the release of 2004's Ashes of the Wake[7][41] the band is often associated with such terms as the "leaders" of the "New Wave of American Heavy Metal".[8] and "pure American metal"[41]

Burn the Priest and early Lamb of God has been defined as a thrash metal, death metal and hardcore punk[41] or grindcore[42] hybrid with a strong element of power groove,[43][44] which often connects Lamb of God with the influential metal band Pantera. Another connection between Pantera and Lamb of God is the fact that both were and are highly influential metal bands from the Southern United States, Texas and Virginia, respectively. Along with Mastodon, from Georgia, Lamb of God could currently be helping to strengthen a young tradition of great southern metal that was first pioneered by Pantera.[13][20][41][44][45][46][47][48] Burn the Priest and early Lamb of God include growling death metal vocals[41] and sometimes lyrics that are difficult to decipher.[43] The style has been considered to vary between several different genres, including hardcore punk, thrash metal, and even possessing sludge metal influences.[41]

Guitarist Mark Morton performing at Ozzfest 2004 without his beard.

New American Gospel continues in a similar style as Burn the Priest, with drum-heavy production of double picking and double-kick drumming.[13] Here, the band has been considered by Allmusic to be effectively bridging the 1990s' tendency towards technicality and early metal's focus on riff construction and plays a brand of heavy metal described as not unlike Meshuggah without some of their mathematical components.[13][45]

2003's As the Palaces Burn saw the band's compositions focusing more on what some have called "memorable" riffs.[46] On 2004's Ashes of the Wake, they continued the progression of As the Palaces Burn with more frequent guitar solos.[20]

Sacrament, released in 2006, was described by critics as more technical, especially considering the vocal performance. Again, the band experimented with more melody and guitar solos;[44] however, the band has also been often reproached by the critics for the similarity of the songs within their albums.[48][49]

Due to the variety of influences, stylistic elements and changes throughout the band's career the press has chosen several genres and terms to describe Lamb of God's music. Lamb of God has been labeled as a metalcore[49][50] and groove metal[50] band. Campbell, on the Walk With Me in Hell DVD, says that Lamb of God is "a punk band that plays heavy metal", while Chris Adler refers to Sacrament as a speed metal album.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Members

[edit] Former members

  • Abe Spear – guitar (1990–1998)

[edit] References

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  6. ^ NAG review at Metal Observer
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