KKJ-PKJB itself was held to support the Bangga Buatan Indonesia (Proud Indonesian Crafts) National Movement or BBI, and Bangga Berwisata #DiIndonesiaAja (Proud Indonesian Tourism) or BWI, while also collaborating with the West Java Dekranasda in organizing the West Java Crafts Week (PKJB).

Nabila Yasmin explained that their chosen short video theme was tourism in West Java. Nabila and Alya introduced three characters in their short video: Melati, Arya, and Surili. “Melati represents the Indonesian people and nation’s characteristics, a name easily found throughout the entirety of the country. Arya is in Sanskrit meaning a nobleman, but we still want him to go on adventures with Melati. Meanwhile, Surili is a local species in West Java,” described Nabila, the one among many of ITB’s 2020 student batch.

Nabila and Alya crafted a light animation style, not very elaborate, yet has a special aesthetic element implemented in their short video. According to Alya, the stylistic direction, aside from easing the animation process, is also meant to shift the audience’s focus toward the background landscape, therefore, highlighting the tourism theme.

Regarding strategy, Nabila greatly emphasized team communication. This is because every small detail in each video segment must be discussed; from deciding on a high-quality illustration style to conveying the message with clarity, distributing tasks, and setting a deadline.

In Alya’s opinion, the most interesting scene of their short video was the Green Canyon landscape, the umbrella rotation, and the ending sunset. “I think the Green Canyon scene was the most iconic. It took the longest time to draw as well. There’s also a spinning umbrella part, which needed a lot of thought but in the end, looks very nice. In the finale as well, when the adventure ends and the sunset comes, we intersperse some words here and there so the audience will receive the message,” she explained.

The greatest challenge in creating this short video, according to Nabila and Alya, is drawing the backgrounds and combining each scene into a video. This is caused by the level of detail in their illustrations, which often became incoherent with each other when put together as a video sequence. However, they managed the situation through comprehensive scrutiny of their video from start to finish, as well as asking others’ opinions if the scene ‘fits.’

Lastly, Nabila and Alya wished to invite the audience on a relaxing journey throughout their short video. The video also conveyed a message for tourists to always preserve the order and cleanliness of tourist sites in West Java, being public responsibility.

Reporter: Inas Annisa Aulia (Fine Arts, 2020)
Translator: Firzana Aisya (School of Life Sciences and Engineering, 2021)