Jakarta – LSPR Communication and Business Institute successfully held the LSPR UPSCALES: Studium Generale entitled “Enhancing Your Message Through Film” as a closing for the series of the LSPR UPSCALES Year I in a hybrid manner at Prof. Djayusman Auditorium, LSPR Communication & Business Institute Campus B Sudirman Park and also live broadcast at the LSPR YouTube Channel.

During the LSPR UPSCALES: Studium Generale has awarded five (5) short films with the theme of SDGs topics which are the outputs of the implementation of several activities that have been previously implemented in order to increase the competence of LSPR lecturers to be able to have a better adaptation in the current era of digital development.

The trainings that have been held were:

  1. IELTS Preparation class by LSPR English Division Team and British Council
  2. Cross Cultural Communication: Challenges in connecting and working in a multiculural environment by Mr Daniel Fritz Silvallana from Davao del Norte State College (DNSC), Philippines
  3. Simple visual design to promote social campaign and video production to enhance the campaign by Mr. Aditya Nugroho from LSPR Communication and Business Institute on 16 August 2021
  4. IELTS Tests by British Council
  5. Short movie production for enhancing international social campaign by Dr Ben Harbisher, Mr Rhys Davies, and Mr John Coster from De Montfort University (DMU), UK

The Dean of the LSPR Faculty of Communication, Mr. Mikhael Yulius Cobis, MM, M.Si also conveyed his appreciation to the lecturers, students and the LSPR UPSCALES team. He expressed his hope that the implementation of the first phase of LSPR UPSCALES will also have an impact in improving the quality of students and the LSPR Communication & Business Institute as universities to be ready to compete in globalization. This was conveyed by him through the following excerpt from his speech:

“The internet has accelerated the globalization and has forced almost all industry into an era of digital disruption. The need to be able to adapt to the digital world is getting stronger due to the COVID-19 pandemic which limits face-to-face communication in the classroom for educators. The lecturer exchange program is a program design that is included in one of LSPR’s plans to increase the rankings nationally and to make LSPR as a World Class University. The exchange of lecturers is also to improve the skills of LSPR lecturers, as well as multicultural insight. Previously, LSPR had sent several lecturers in a lecturer exchange program, without any requirement to make an impact or output after they’ve back from the exchange program. Based on the results of the evaluation, the LSPR Upscale program is proposed with the hope of encouraging lecturers to increase the capacity of themselves and students as well as the LSPR.”

After joining several of these trainings above, the lecturers were wished to apply the knowledge to make short films with the theme of SDG’s by collaborating with five (5) students from various concentrations in the Faculty of Communication, Public Relations, Marketing Communication, International Relations, Broadcasting & Digital Media Communication, and Performing Art Communication. All of the short films will be included as the entries in the SDG Film Festival 2022. The judges from De Montfort University (DMU), UK Mr Rhys Davies and Mr John Coster were struck by the high quality,especially considering the global circumstances they were shot in. Here are the winners of the LSPR UPSCALES: Studium Generale:

  1. Best Picture – “Ameliorate” by Mr Gustav Aulia, S.T., M.I.Kom & Team and won a cash prize of Rp 5.000.000,-.
  2. 1st Runner Up – “Elevated Hope” by  Mr Budi Riyanto, S.IP., M.HI & Team and won a cash prize of Rp 4.000.000,-
  3. 2nd Runner Up – “Spreading the Light: A Story from Siberut” by Ibu Misty Diansharira, M.A & Team and won a cash prize of Rp 3.000.000,-
  4. 3rd Runner Up – “Behind the Window” by Dr Syafiq Assegaff, MD., mA, IAPR, MA. and won a cash prize of Rp 1.000.000,-.
  5. Best Cinematography – “Ameliorate” by Mr. Gustav Aulia, S.T., M.I.Kom & Team and won a cash prize of Rp 1.000.000,-.
  6. Best Scriptwriting – “Hope” by Ms Past Novel Larasaty, MA and won a cash prize of Rp 2.000.000,-.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for each category!