The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat

The COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the local film industry heavily since most of the film projects were delayed or cancelled. Despite the fragile situation, local filmmakers adopted flexible and adaptive strategies to survive. The flexible strategies related to fighting (the alternative jobs, project s...

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Main Authors:	Suwarto, Dyna Herlina, Kulau, Febriansyah
Format:	Article PeerReviewed
Published:	2022
Subjects:	Film Television and Digital Media Media
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spelling	id-ugm-repo.2827082023-11-16T05:47:28Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/282708/ The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat Suwarto, Dyna Herlina Kulau, Febriansyah Film Television and Digital Media Media The COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the local film industry heavily since most of the film projects were delayed or cancelled. Despite the fragile situation, local filmmakers adopted flexible and adaptive strategies to survive. The flexible strategies related to fighting (the alternative jobs, project switch) and freezing (work from home). After three months, all film practitioners decided to fight for the new normal as they found job opportunities in social media content, corporate and government service, streaming platforms and film production. The screen industries supported the local filmmakers to survive. During the emergency period, the closed network was beneficial; nonetheless, they should expand their open network to adapt to a new normality. Apart from the resistance, filmmakers are continuously under precariousness, particularly about health threats and underpaid work. © 2022 Intellect Ltd Article. 2022 Article PeerReviewed Suwarto, Dyna Herlina and Kulau, Febriansyah (2022) The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat. Empedocles, 13 (1). 41 – 58. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ejpc_00040_1?crawler=true
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spellingShingle	Film Television and Digital Media Media Suwarto, Dyna Herlina Kulau, Febriansyah The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat
description	The COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the local film industry heavily since most of the film projects were delayed or cancelled. Despite the fragile situation, local filmmakers adopted flexible and adaptive strategies to survive. The flexible strategies related to fighting (the alternative jobs, project switch) and freezing (work from home). After three months, all film practitioners decided to fight for the new normal as they found job opportunities in social media content, corporate and government service, streaming platforms and film production. The screen industries supported the local filmmakers to survive. During the emergency period, the closed network was beneficial; nonetheless, they should expand their open network to adapt to a new normality. Apart from the resistance, filmmakers are continuously under precariousness, particularly about health threats and underpaid work. © 2022 Intellect Ltd Article.
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author	Suwarto, Dyna Herlina Kulau, Febriansyah
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title	The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat
title_short	The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat
title_full	The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat
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The flexibility and adaptation strategy of local filmmakers amid the pandemic: Opportunity and threat

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