UNS – Students from the Agricultural Extension and Communication Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta, who are part of the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Internship Program at Solopos Media Group (SMG), organized a videography workshop from Monday to Thursday (13-16 May 2024) in the main hall of SMP N 7 Surakarta.
The workshop was attended by 51 students, including 33 OSIS members and 18 Class Representative Council (MPK) members. Over four days, the students were taught the basics of videography and scriptwriting on the first two days.
Under the guidance of Dr. Emi Widiyanti, S.P., M.Si., the MBKM group, consisting of six students—Adinda Putri Sarah Wibowo, Adhelia Kusumawardhani, Agtha Fina Rizkyana, Fanisa Tasya Nabilla, Irfan Fajar Nasrullah, and Jessica Velintina—helped and directed the students in scriptwriting and video production. Each MBKM student was responsible for a group of 8-10 students, providing feedback and corrections as needed.
On Thursday (16/5/2024), the workshop continued at the Solopos office on Jl. Adi Sucipto, No. 190, Karangasem, Laweyan, Surakarta. The visit started with a tour of Solopos Radio, where students had the opportunity to participate in a live broadcast.
Accompanied by MBKM students, the participants toured the office from the lobby to the newsroom, capturing videos according to their scripts and editing them using the Capcut application. Their work was then reviewed by Deasy Puspitaningrum, a content creator from Solopos.
Adinda Putri Sarah Wibowo, the head of the MBKM group, reported that the event went smoothly. She highlighted the collaboration between the students, Solopos, and SMP N 7 Surakarta as an excellent opportunity.
“I enjoyed participating because this is also part of the KKN (Community Service Program) MBKM on procedures from Solopos. This company not only focuses on profit but also contributes to the community, as evidenced by this training,” she said on Thursday (16/5/2024).
Adinda hopes that the videography workshop will positively impact the students and that they can share their knowledge with others, as journalism is beneficial in many ways.
“Hopefully, the imparted knowledge will give the younger students new insights and can be applied in their school environment, such as producing podcasts or creating content for MPK, OSIS, or the school’s Instagram,” she added.
The videography workshop is a continuation of last year’s podcast production training. Siti Latifah, the principal of SMP N 7 Surakarta, said that partnering with professionals like Solopos is one way to facilitate students in developing their literacy skills.
“With this workshop, students will practice both literacy and numeracy. For instance, calculating the duration of a video involves numeracy, while choosing a theme and writing a script involves literacy,” Ifah said, as she is commonly known, on Wednesday (15/5/2024).
As a pioneer school, SMP N 7 Surakarta integrates both intra-curricular and co-curricular learning, aligning with the Merdeka Belajar Program’s Pancasila Student Profile.
“Co-curricular activities include the Strengthening Pancasila Student Profile (P5) Project, and this workshop is relevant because it fosters independent and creative character traits. Hopefully, it will enhance students’ abilities in these areas,” she added. HUMAS UNS