The first Bootcamp session focused on “Visual Communication: Mastering Photography and Videography”, presented by former Post photographer R. Berto Wedhatama, currently a lecturer of visual communication at Multimedia Nusantara University.

According to Berto, one way to deliver a message to an audience is through audiovisual materials. This can start with selecting an image as a storytelling medium and identifying the 5W+1H of what, where, when, why, who and how. Then, additional data is gathered from photos, video, audio, graphics and other multimedia.

The preproduction phase includes research, concept, location, time and budget, followed by the production or shooting phase to collect data, news and interviews. The third and last phase is postproduction, which includes sorting, editing and recording the voice-over, and then publishing and documenting the project.

“A successful visual story should be accurate, based on facts with the latest updates, [be] original and stand out. It also should be easy for the audience to understand and have a positive impact for society,” said Berto.

The second Bootcamp session, “Podcasting for Impact: Amplifying Youth Voices”, was delivered by Jerry Arvin, a podcaster and sportscaster with BoBa (Noice).

Jerry said several steps needed to be taken before recording a podcast.

“First, do some research by reading to gain knowledge [about the topic]. Second, find out what format is suitable based on what you want and are passionate about. Third, [adjust] the microphone setting to get a clear voice,” he said.

Another important thing to keep in mind, Jerry said, was to design artwork to attract an audience. The podcast should also be crafted to be engaging, informative and relevant to listeners. He noted that there were many podcasts with good content that were enjoyable to listen to, but did not attract a large audience.

The presentation followed with an exercise for participants to create a podcast, choosing their own themes, topics and target audience, with the speakers reviewing the final product.

Behind the political curtain

Shortly after the Bootcamp was a Book Talk session featuring Jusuf Wanandi, a senior fellow and cofounder of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the author of Testimony of Changes.

Jusuf who spoke about the dynamic landscape of democracy and political changes in Indonesia from Soeharto’s New Order era to the Jokowi era, as well as the next general election in 2024.

“Well, there is some worry about the upcoming election of 2024. But those are basically statements. And you can also expect that they will, of course, respect the unity of the country. They will respect that a certain democracy is going to be established,” he said.

“We will see further how all these new developments about the partition, about all these gatherings of policies, all these little passes together, whether that is going to be for real or not [...].”

Laura, an employee of the Delegation of the European Union to Indonesia who participated in the event, said the Book Talk was “a fantastic initiative”. She added that she would be very happy if the Post organized more book discussions in the future.

The photo exhibition “Portraits of a Nation” runs until Aug. 19. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/PortraitsOfANation.

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