Tradition and Industry
Representation of Silek Minangkabau in Cinema
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.065How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Silek; Minangkabau; Cinema; Tradition; Industry
- Abstract
Film is a complex work of art production as well as a symbol of social behavior. Films also have an influence on the audience through the content they convey. This article examines three film titles containing Minangkabau: Harimau Tjampa, Merantau, and Surau dan Silek. All three are assumed to convey silek as a part of the traditional life of the Minangkabau community and represent the social changes that occur. Film semiotics and social semiotics are used as theoretical frameworks. The study focuses on visual imagery and narrative characterization tools to reveal social changes related to silek in Minangkabau. As a result, the three films show a significant change in silek representation. Harimau Tjampa can be called a quite accurate film representing silek as a tradition in Minangkabau. Film Merantau conveys silek as a means of building a film genre as an action film. Meanwhile, Surau and Silek conveyed a shift in their view of silek as a tradition to silek as a competed sport. Through its representation in the three films, it can be said that silek has undergone a social change from tradition to become an industrial commodity, in this case, the film industry.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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TY - CONF AU - Herry Nur Hidayat AU - Bani Sudardi AU - Sahid Teguh Widodo AU - Sri K Habsari PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/27 TI - Tradition and Industry BT - Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 465 EP - 472 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220408.065 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.065 ID - Hidayat2022 ER -