The Presence of New Media in the Development of Independent Movies in Indonesia

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.