By Rizal Saryadi
Television Movie or better known as Film Televisi (FTV) in Indonesia is one
of the famous TV programs among
Indonesian people. FTV is a kind of
film which is produced by television station with 120 up to 180 minutes duration
with the varied themes about teenager, tragedy, reality of lives, love,
religion, etc.
Lately, FTV programs in Indonesia have
frequently dominated Yogyakarta as the setting. This situation surely invites
many attentions of publics especially who live around or nearby the area of
shooting. One reason Yogyakarta becomes attractive place belong to FTV is probably due to its beauty to raise
the theme of loves or romances. Besides, its cognitive and behavioral cultures also
have its own attraction for the audiences who love to know about the unique
scenes in Yogyakarta. Moreover, certainly, Yogyakarta also has many strategic
and compatible places to raise more themes as they wish.
The setting is usually located at several attractive places such as Alun-alun Utara, the south side of Kraton, Malioboro, Tugu Yogyakarta, Parangtritis also at the bridge area and housing settlement such as Gondolayu bridge and Code housing settlement, and as well as Giriloyo village which is well-known on its central place of Batik (dyed cloth; traditional fine dyed cloth made by using a resistant method with applied wax), and many others.
