Film Style in Indonesian Cinema, 1998-2018: Lighting, Production Design and Camera Movement

Examines the use of cinematography and mise en sc ne in contemporary Indonesian cinema

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

The first comprehensive scholarly work to recognize Indonesian cinema as an artistic field with significant aesthetic values and artistic accomplishments.

Uses film style theories that have never been applied to Indonesian films before.

Discusses films from underrepresented groups, including women, LGBTQ, and ethnic minority filmmakers.

Discusses Indonesian films that have been traditionally under-discussed in the field, including commercial genre films, exploitation films, and short films.

Film Style in Indonesian Cinema, 1998-2018 investigates the role of film style during the rebirth of Indonesian cinema following the collapse of General Suharto's New Order regime.

Purnama argues that the renewal of Indonesian cinema was influenced by filmmakers who revamped the cinematic images of Indonesian film by foregrounding visual stylization using cinematography and production design techniques.

They transformed the aesthetic of Indonesian film to become stylistically complex with a pronounced degree of visual sophistication, offering local audiences pictorially appealing and engaging cinematic experiences.

Through a close analysis of lighting, production design, and camera movement in contemporary films such as Sang Pencerah, Laskar Pelangi, and The Raid: Redemption, Purnama highlights the significance of film style and the art of film-making to the cinematographers and production designers who revitalized Indonesian cinema in the 21st Century.

Weight: 522g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474496612