" RASAI KELAINAN BERSAMA STEFANI............ "

HARI SENIMAN KEBANGSAAN 2008 - TUTUP ISTANA BUDAYA

Besok 29 MEI 2008, MAJLIS PELANCARAN SAMBUTAN
HARI SENIMAN KEBANGSAAN 2008
9.30 pagi, dewan merdeka,
Pusat dagangan dunia Putra, KL


Wow, ada juga hari seniman di musim ramai seniman-seniman tidak cukup kerja
terutamanya seniman-seniman teater.


Tahniah Dato Shafie Afdal kerana dilantik sebagai Menteri Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan.Saya tidak setuju dengan YB Anifah yang mengatakan kementerian ini tidak penting. Kementerian ini sangat penting kerana apalah kekayaan dan kemashuran jika kita tidak bersatu dan dinaungi oleh budaya dan seni serumpun atau seni nasional kita. Sanggupkah kita meninggalkan Mickey Mouse sebagai warisan kepada generasi akan datang. PM telah membuat pilihan yang tepat kerana dunia seni memerlukan seorang yang tegas, rajin dan setia kepada kebudayaan dan kesenian pribumi. YB Dato' boleh menghubungkan dan membina jambatan antara orang seni Timor dan Barat Malaysia dapat bersama dan bersatu meletakkan Identiti budaya dan seni Nasional.

Sempena Hari Seniman 2008 Memohon YAB Perdana Menteri dan YB Menteri Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan negara menilai semula Peranan dan matlamat Istana Budaya.


Datanglah menonton persembahan-persembahan kami di teater yang kecil kerana di sini teaternya ikhlas dan tidak berlebeh-lebeh. Di sini ada orang-orang setia yang suaranya tidak sampai kerana terhalang oleh birokrasi.
Selamat hari Seniman dari Sanggar Teater Fauziah Nawi untuk para seniman dan para pegawai yang ikhlas dan cinta kepada seni.


..next post. may be we talk a little bit on Jabatan kesenian dan Kebudayaan Negara.

Fauziah Nawi



Ramai orang menonton Fauziah di TV, ramai lagi yang tidak berpeluang menonton beliau di pentas.
Kali ini Fauziah akan muncul bersama.........
seorang penyanyi cilik yang sangat berbakat anak kepada.........


Watch this post for further information.

saksikan di Stor Teater dari 25 Julai hingga 2 ogos 2008. Jam sembilan malam

Adaptasi Novel ke Filem?

I was invited to attend a forum on adaptation of Novels to films by DBP and was quite surprised by the turnout which looks like the list of who’s who in Malaysian film. Uwei Haji Shaari, David Teoh, Dr Mahadi J Murad, Ahmad Ibrahim (Mad London), Mior Hashim Manaf, Ismail Ahmad, Hassan Mutalib and representatives from Bernama TV and Tayangan Unggul. DBP as the host was led by Hajah Izzah, the head of Jabatan Sastera DBP. As expected Senator …oops…Yang Berbahagia Dato Johan Jaafar did not turn up to chair the meeting.

En Wahab of DBP as the chairman pointed out that only nine novels were adapted into films so far in the history of Malay films. Uwei started the idea rolling by sharing his experience working with S Othman Kelantan in “Jogho” and the importance of getting the right people to embark on this project. “Sastera bukan filem” and he repeated it many times. David Teoh being a good producer he is, one of the criteria for a good producer is efficient in time management because every second count in film making hit at the organiser for their last minute preparation. David criticized DBP for the unpreparedness of the event. Non issue for me as an activist or professional we should be ready at all times to discuss any topics related to our expertise or industry. Ismail Ahmad a Finas’ scriptwriting lecturer pointed out on the need to know the technique of screen writing and offer his service to DBP. Others just repeating and emphasizing on the need to create another avenue for filmmaking and the difficulty of working with writers.

To me most is none issue. If DBP wants to do it, they can do it. They know the difference between a “good” and a “bad” script because a good script is utmost important eventhough it does not guarantee a good film.DBP has the expertise, fund and resources. To start with, Dewan has the right to thousands of title such as novels, nopens, short stories you name it. They already have Jabatan Media and David Teoh pointed out the need to have a proper “Jabatan Pemasaran dan and Promosi. Sound simple, may be.

My 2 sen worth of opinions, Go Dewan, do it. I always believe that Dewan should be given greater autonomy in development and management of sastera in Malaysia. It should be under Majlis Raja-Raja. Dewan should be above politics and above academics. Film, like theatre is an extension of Sastera (Sorry Uwei, I beg to differ). Film is an open format media which can be used in future media technologies unlike its digital brother which could be irrelevant in the future.

Can the project be viable artistically and economically? Yes, I do. I do believe that it can be done if we dare to be different in approaching and marketing the product. We hope to be given chance to present a marketing strategy to DBP.

Thank you DBP expecially Jabatan Sastera and Bahagian Pengembangan Sastera Kebangsaan and Puan Salmiah Ismail.

Ah, Kumpulan ANGKA - ANGKATAN KARYAWAN AKTIF KUALA LUMPUR

I have known Angka during their impressive "Pelayaran Inderaputera" days under Bung Rosli and was most impressed by their Titik awal-Titik akhir (directed by Rosnani Seman) performance during 1998 Festival Teater Malaysia. When we started our first Play dari Bintang ke Bintang in 1998, several of them join our casting team and part of ANGKA's management team were instrumental in producing the first of our Opera Ayu Cendana's series. Azman Hasan went on to be the lead actor for Opera Ayu Chendana. Thank You ANGKA.

Fragmen II which close last night at Taman Budaya, KL show glimpse of the old ANGKA, efficient discipline and innovative. Fragment II confirm their status as the top amateur group in Kuala Lumpur and we hope to see many performances from this talented group. Btw, where are you Rosnani Seman?

Terima Kasih

Kami mengucap ribuan terima kasih kepada para penonton yang datang menyaksikan persembahan Topeng-Topeng pada 23-30 April 2008.

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