Sinema Nasional Malaysia: Pasang Surut Budaya Dalam Tiga Era

Authors

  • Mohd Erman Maharam Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.
  • Mastura Muhammad Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.
  • Harith Baharuddin Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.

Abstract

Persembahan sinematik atau filem boleh dikupas secara ilmiah dari berbagai sudut ilmu. Filem sebagai sebuah representasi umumnya dibincangkan secara terhad mewakili sesuatu wilayah sosiopolitik tertentu. Oleh itu, penulisan ini membincangkan idea Sinema Nasional bagi sinema Malaysia yang dikesan sebagai sesuatu yang bermasalah kerana hanya ditumpukan pada satu-satu filem atau terhad kepada ketetapan ciri nasional yang sempit. Dengan latar sedemikian, kajian ini mempermasalahkan dan mempersoalkan konsep Sinema Nasional Malaysia dengan hujahan, aspek-aspek sosiobudaya dan politik Malaysia sebagai satu wilayah bertindih dengan institusi budaya serantau melalui pengalaman merantau. Bagi penulisan ini, Malaysia dijejaki secara longue durée kerana estetika sinematik bukan sahaja menganjurkan kaitan kebudayaan serantau, malah tidak berpegang pada sesuatu yang spesifik kerana ianya bereaksi kepada keadaan sosio-politik semasa. Artikel ini mengambil pendekatan diskusi (discourse) dan pasang surut budaya dengan sokongan analisis tekstual dalam membincangkan perubahan interpretasi ruang budaya dari tiga fasa berbeza yang dibahagikan kepada era hitam-putih (1950s-1960s), era independen (1970s-1990s), dan era digital (2000an hingga kini). Filem-filem yang dipilih akan dikupas dengan kaitan isu-isu ini. Berdasarkan analisa filem-filem ini, penulisan ini mencadangkan idea sinema nasional Malaysia harus menerima idea yang sinema nasional tidak homogeny, tetapi, ianya kompleks dan cair kerana idea sinema nasional untuk sebuah negara seperti Malaysia sentiasa berubah bergantung kepada iklim politik yang sering diperbaharui oleh warganya. Kata kunci: Sinema Nasional, identiti budaya, merantau, sinematik, rasa kepunyaan.

Author Biographies

Mohd Erman Maharam, Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.

Mohd Erman Maharam berjinak dengan kerja-kerja kamera pada 1993 dan melangkah ke penerbitan filem cereka sebagai sinematografer selepas menamatkan program Ijazah Pertama di UiTM dan Ijazah Sarjana di Griffith University. Telah berkhidmat di UiTM sejak 2005, dan kajian Ijazah Kedoktoran beliau di University of Nottingham membincangkan transnationalisme dalam sinema Malaysia, Indonesia, dan Singapura. E-mel: erman@uitm.edu.my

Mastura Muhammad, Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.

Mastura Muhammad merupakan pensyarah kanan di Fakulti Filem, Teater dan Animasi, UiTM. Dalam Pengajian Filem, Mastura menumpukan perhatian kepada Sinema Malaysia dengan sub-kepakaran kajian terhadap topik berkaitan persoalan gender, feminisme, Islam dan rentas budaya. E-mel: masturafita@gmail.com

Harith Baharuddin, Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, MARA University of Technology Selangor Branch. Puncak Perdana Campus.

Harith Baharudin berkongsi minat dan kecintaannya terhadap bidang filem di Fakulti Filem, Teater dan Animasi, UiTM. Berkelulusan Sarjana Pengajian Filem dari Universiti Sains Malaysia, dan masih bergiat aktif sebagai seorang karyawan filem. E-mel: aresbahar@gmail.com

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