Abstract :
This final report is entitled making a promotional video for Batik Balqis.
Batik Balqis located in Kedungsari Village, Maron District, Probolinggo. Mrs.
Khusnul Hotimah is the owner of Batik Balqis, who has founded this business
since 2010. The media promotion they had are social media such as; Facebook,
Instagram, Youtube, and WhatsApp. This means their social media accounts are
still active and often post pictures and videos but they didn?t giving full
description of the product on its social media. Whereas the customers need to get
information like prices, fabrics, philosophy, and motifs it brings the customers get
less information about the product and is less able to lure customers. The writer
proposed to make promotional video for Batik Balqis afterwards they admit that
they also need promotional media in the form of video to promote their products.
In other words the promotional video gives specific and detailed information on
Batik Balqis.
The writer has applied the methods of interview, observation, documents,
and audiovisual as data collection in making this final project. The promotional
video is entitled ?The Stunning Beauty of Batik Balqis?. The writer created the
video in bilingual version ? English is used as a dubbing and Bahasa Indonesia as
a subtitle ? to attract local and foreign customers. The completion of this video
applies pre-production, production and post-production stages. The video is 5
minutes long which contains complete information related to Batik Balqis.
The video contains three parts; they are opening, body, and closing. The
first part of the video is opening. The opening included an overview of batik, the
location, and the history of Batik Balqis. The second part is body. It explained
their kinds of batik, uniqueness, motifs, pricelist, process of making batik, and
awards. The third part is closing. It contained testimonials from buyers, benefits
of buying the products, and contact information of Batik Balqis.
The writer found certain challenges in finishing this final project. First, she
has to make a coherent script and storyboard so that the final video results can
match. Second, during the voiceover recording, the writer rehearsed each word
repeatedly so as the result was clear and not noisy. Third, it was not easy for the
writer to make this promotional video, indeed she needed to hire a videographer
as well as an editor to work on this video. In completing this final project, the
writer could apply her English skill like writing, translating, speaking and also
gained new knowledge about batik. The writer hopes that the product of final
project can worthwhile by Batik Balqis and the report can be useful for students of
English study program as a reference in doing similar final project