I guess movie is
one of important sources of entertainment for us all. So what is better than
having a movie time with a good crowd, with some good friends, especially when
we also have a small discussion right after the credit end rolls?
Research and
Development (RnD) Division of Edcom is trying to bring such experience in
Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts by this new program, MISSION or Movie
Discussion. This program aims to conduct a discussion towards selected movie as
well as improve our skill in English speaking. It is held once a month on
Friday, mostly on third week of the month.
MISSION has been
conducted four times with various genre of each session. The first one, we had
2013’s blockbuster movies with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as the selected
one. Even though it is a new program, we already get a high enthusiasm from the
pupils. More than 20 students came that day. Despite its success on the first session,
some participants complained about the long duration of the movie. We could not
hold a proper discussion since we ran out of time.
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| Frozen Movie Discussion on Friday the 3rd of March. Darker room than the previous Mission (Movie Discussion) |
The second one,
we had better preparation as well as the choice of the movies. The selection of
the movies was conducted by a survey via votes on internet and questionnaire.
From the previous session, the movie duration also got some attention for this
session. This one, we had animation movies as the theme with Frozen (2013) came
out as the most voted one. The pupils were so enthusiastic, even better,
especially we got special guest, Widya Saraswati from American Studies
mainstream. She brought a feminism issue in Disney movie which was also in
Frozen, making the discussion more interesting.
For the third
session, as followed the month it was held (April) brought a comedy genre since
April itself well-known by its April-mop. We had Eddie Murphy’s A Thousand
Words. Even though it was a comedy, some participants stated that they also got
some moral values from the movies such as doing things without thinking what we
might get in return.
The fourth
session was held for the special demand of Esty Diah Imaniar, an American
Studies scholar to conduct a discussion about LGBT movies. The selected movie
was The Kids Are All Right (2011). However, the crowd was not as many as the
previous sessions since some of students went back to their hometown due to
national holiday on the previous day. Even though it was a small crowd, the
discussion went as interesting as the previous ones. This genre also helped
open up our mind for some various issue among society.
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