exploring new things. •Box Office, Crtically Acclaimed And Award Winning Films.
•The Last Box Office Film is in 2002: Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (What's.
Promoting Creative Industry Through Film & Musical Theatre
A Creative Journey of
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THE BOOK
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• Become Best Seller in 2007 sold over 500,000 copies
THE WRITER: Andrea Hirata
• His 1st Novel • Born & raised in Gantong, Belitung, the story of Laskar Pelangi is based on his childhood memories • Laskar Pelangi is part of a tetralogy (Laskar Pelangi, Sang Pemimpi, Edensor & Maryamah Karpov)
THE STORY
Set in Belitung Island, south of Sumatra Island circa 1970, Laskar Pelangi tells a story of a persistent young teacher and her tireless efforts to fight for her 10 students’ right to an education. The students magnetic personalities and unflagging determination are the inspiration of the story.
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BELITUNG ISLAND
In 1812 British ceded Belitung but in 1824 the British recognized Dutch claims to Belitung. It was formerly known and called as Biliton. During Dutch occupation the tin mining industry was began.
Now populated by approximately 200,000 inhabitants
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY BEGAN: A Cinematic Adaptation: 2007-2008
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MILES FILMS •Miles Films Has Produced 7 Feature Films (2000 - 2007): Always exploring new things •Box Office, Crtically Acclaimed And Award Winning Films •The Last Box Office Film is in 2002: Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (What’s With Love): 2,7 million admission
THE CHALLENGE • The fans of the novel is skeptic, afraid that the depiction of the novel will be far from their imagination, thus killing its spirit. • Laskar Pelangi is a 494 pages novel: free in structure, lots of moments. • We need to turn it into 120 pages script, at the most. A lot of moments in the novel will be taken out. • Some alteration needs to be done to create a dramatic structure of a 2 hours film.
ANSWERING THE CHALLENGE • Andrea Hirata gave full control to the film Creative team to adapt and develop the screen play of Laskar Pelangi.
• The book was read mostly by 20 - 40 yrs old, but we decided to write the film for general audience - a family film. • We fully believed, the 10 children for the role of Laskar Pelangi, must be played by native Belitong. We need them to be credible, thus city kids or celebrity kids are out of the question. • The adult roles will be given to well known actors • Belitong Malay dialect will be used in the film.
THE SELLING POINTS
THE BOOK A Best Seller & Well known already
THE STORY Inspirational, touching story - based on true events
THE LOCATION Beautiful, Untouched (yet), Exotic
THE LOCATION
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THE SELLING POINTS
THE CAST The Great Amateurs
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THE CAST Well Known/ Professional Actors
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THE RISK OF THE INVESTMENT
Total Production Cost: US$ 1.1 Million (IDR 9,000,000,000) Cinema average admission in 2008: US$ 2 (IDR 16,000) Producer’s income per admission (after tax and cinema share): US$ 0.75 (IDR 6,000)
Laskar Pelangi needs 1,5 million audience to break even
THE PRODUCTION
Script development : 1 year - 18 drafts of re-writes Pre-Production : 4 months Shooting/ Production : 35 days Editing : 2 months
THE PROMOTION
Promotion/ Publicity expenses: US$ 500,000 (IDR 4 Billion) Sponsored by: Pertamina Foundation Telkom Bank Mandiri P.T. Timah Honda
THE SOUNDTRACK
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NIDJI
THE MEGA BOX OFFICE 3 months running in the cinema 4,6 million audience in the cinema: The highest in the history. US$ 8 Million (IDR 75 Billion) gross income Approximately 500,000 audience of open cinema (Layar Tancap) across Indonesia
THE FILM TRAVELS
Open Internationally At The Prestigious Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale January 2009
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2009 Win SIGNIS Award 2009 Singapore Interna tio nal Film Festival 2009 11th Udine Far East Internatio nal Film Festival Winner of Audience Award Barcelona Asian Film Festival 2009 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009 Indonesian Film Festiva l 2009 : Focus On Riri R iza Prague-Vienna-Ljubljana-Belgrade-Hamburg New Y ork Asian Film Festival 23rd International Children & Yo ung Adults Film Festival in Hamedan, Iran Win Golden Butterfly award for Best Feature Film by International Jury of Children and Young Adults Montreal Wo rld Film Festival 2009 Zimbabwe Inte rna tio nal Film Festival 2009 Festro ia International Film Festival 2009 – Portugal Special Jury Prize | Sil ver Dolphin Award Fo cus On Asia – Fukuoka Inte rna tio nal Film Fe stival 2009 - Japan
THE FILM TRAVELS :
Hawaii International Film Festival 2009 International Childre n’s Film Fe stival of Cyprus 2009 Festival International de Cine pa ra la Infancia y la juventud, Madrid 2009 Osia n's Cine fan Festival of Asian a nd Ara b Cinem a , India 2009 International Children a nd Youth Film Festival (FIC I), 2009, Madrid 36th Brussels International Independent Film Festival, 2009 Best Actre ss Award for Cut Mini Te rre De s Femmes, Germany, 2009 C ine pa nz 20th Children Film Festiva l, Cologne – Germany 2009 C INEPANZ AW ARD – Be st Film by Audie nce Asia Pa cific Film Festival, Taiwan 2009 Best Picture Award Indonesian Film Festival, Vancouver 2010 Busan Internationa l Kids Film s Festival 2010, South Korea O z Asia 2010, A delaide, A ustralia Southe ast Asian Film Festival 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY CONTINUED: A Musical Adaptation: 2009 - 2010
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THE CREATORS: THE EXPERIENCED BEGINNERS
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Hartati Toto Arto Jay Subyakto
THE CHALLENGE : IT’S A NEW THING!
The Venue The Big Budget The Sponsors The Publication
THE GOALS
To be the first big scale musical production in Indonesia, with a spectacle of set, lighting, sound design, live singing & orchestra - never seen before.
To be the first musical production to set the standard for a long running performance in Indonesia.
To grow a new creative industry: Musical Show!
THE PROCESS
• 3 Months of tight audition • 6 months of Creative & Technical Preparation
THE PROCESS
• 6 months of intense workshop & rehearsals • 21 days of preparation on venue (never done before in Indonesia)
THE CROWD CHEERS! 1st Session: Teater Jakarta Dec. 17, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 28 shows 25,000 audience 2nd Session: Teater Jakarta Juli 1 - 11, 2011 16 shows 15,000 audience 3rd Session: Esplanade, Singapore Oct 2 & 3, 2011 3 shows 5,000 audience
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THE MERCHANDISE
THE RISE OF BELITUNG ISLAND
Year
Website Hit (BelitungIsland.com)
2007
150,000
2008
1,000,000
2011
2,800,000
*Official Data - Statistik BPS Bangka Belitung
BELITUNG TOURISM
Year
Visitors (Star hotels based)
2007
4,979
2009
12,209
2010
18,307
2011
27,469
*Official Data - Statistik BPS Bangka Belitung
THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
To Grow We Need Government Support & Policy: • Lack of Resources - Lack of Art Schools/ Education • Lack of Cinemas - Lack of Venues
• No Tax Deduction or/and Incentive for Arts
MUSIKAL LASKAR PELANGI: ANCORE!!
4th Session - Highlights: DUFAN, Ancol - Jakarta Dec. 24, 2011 - Jan. 7, 2012 23 shows
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