Broadcasting students collaborate with Five Arts Centre to produce video portraits

Broadcasting students with UTAR lecturers at Klpac

Recently, thirty-six students from UTAR Bachelor of Communication (Honours) Broadcasting programme collaborated with Five Arts Centre Malaysia to come out with video portraits as part of the run for an internationally acclaimed documentary performance titled “A Notional History” by Five Arts Centre.

The collaboration, which took place in the beginning of the January semester and lasted for a total of seven weeks, included planning for the shoot and pitching ideas for the video. Five Art Centre visited UTAR Sungai Long Campus on 21 March 2023 for the screening of the students’ videos.

The purpose of the collaboration was to provide an opportunity and a platform for UTAR Broadcasting students to engage in real-world creative projects.

As part of their UJMB2114 Malaysian Media and Culture course and under the guidance of Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI) academic Dr Carmen Nge Siew Mun and her co-partner, Dr Loo Hong Chuang, the students were tasked with completing a mini video assignment. Working in small groups, they produced a captivating three-minute video featuring members of the Five Arts Centre team. The video served as a prelude to the Five Arts Centre team’s theatrical performance titled “A Notional History”.

The video, featuring Malaysian performers, was centred around Malaysian history. It was published on Five Arts Centre’s YouTube channel, as well as their social media pages and website. The collaboration was a great honour for the FCI students, as they were given an opportunity to document the production and publish it on Five Arts Centre’s website and social media. The video production, which was circulated across Asia and Europe over the past year, garnered high praise and recognition from audiences worldwide.

Dr Carmen enthused, “I am very proud of our students. They managed to plan, pitch and create their video portraits in less than seven weeks; they have proved to us that they are hardworking and they can get all the work done efficiently too.”

“As we look ahead to future semesters and the next cohort, we’re excited to continue fostering collaborations within the arts industry. With a growing interest from the arts community in involving more students, we see this as a wonderful opportunity for our Broadcasting students to connect with a broader media ecosystem, while also allowing FCI to establish meaningful relationships with the creative arts community in Malaysia,” she added.

 

UTAR Broadcasting students’ video portraits

Click the link below to watch the full video: https://www.fiveartscentre.org/process/a-notional-history-video-portraits-utar-students