JLfest 2024 | The 17th Annual Japanese Language Festival
「地元の空」
2-MIN DOCUMENTARY VIDEO COMPETITION
JLfest 2022
Objective
The competition aims at enhancing learners’ objective reporting skills in Japanese and creative video production as well as raising awareness of the community, issues, and challenges.
Theme：「地元の空」
For this competition「地元」shall be defined as a place: -
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where a person grew up or lived for quite some time; or
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has grown very fond of or belong to.
Hence, 「地元の空」may be translated as ‘the sky over my native home’.
The story may focus on: -
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an aspect of one's native home such as history, culture, art, natural resources, industry;
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one's personal experience in your native home; or
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the personal experience of an interesting resident living in or regular visitors to your native home.
However, the narratives must be based on facts, common hearsay or actual personal experience. FICTIONS are NOT allowed.
RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT
After deliberation, both the judges and organizer decided to withhold awarding the First Prize for this competition.
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
(1) Khor Kean Kai
(2) Loke Joo Tuck
(3) Lam Jing Kit
(4) Siti Nurul Hafizah Binti Ismail
Trengganu Chinatown
2nd Prize
Tracing the history of the temple and the reason for its existence gave depth to this documentary. Location shots of Chinese-influenced architecture lend authenticity to the story. A good wrap at the end of the video.
The teamwork in the narration work is commendable. However, the voices were monotonous and lack of pride. The recording of some of the voices was also poor.
EDWARD LEE
The video landscape is inconsistent. It would be better if the participants were to show their faces in the video while explaining. Subtitles at the bottom of the video rather than at the top could be better.
Perhaps it might add some personal touch if the locals were interviewed, rather than just depending on information from the internet.
LOH KOK HOONG
クアラトレンガヌのチャイナタウンも、ぜひ現地に行ってビデオに映された街並みや建物を見たいと思わせる映像でした。マレーシアの多民族・多文化社会の中で、中国系の文化が継承されていることがしっかり伝わってきました。
ABE YOKO
A very visualize interesting places, the story flow easy to understand & a lot of message in video.'.
ZARINA ALIAS
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
(1) Khor Kean Kai
(2) Loke Joo Tuck
(3) Lam Jing Kit
(4) Siti Nurul Hafizah Binti Ismail
Masak Lemak Cili Api
3rd Prize
SEKOLAH SULTAN ALAM SHAH
Mirza Bin Mohd Zaini
It was fun watching this video. The cooking was very enticing too. I love the opening scene. He stood in front of the name of his hometown and greeted the audience. Then, the camera panned up to the sky revealing the title of the video. The pace of the video was great too.
However, the story lacks depth. Perhaps could have either made a comparison with other curries or talked about different ways of making them (if any). While I appreciated the use of simple Japanese, some of them did not sound natural. And the constant popping up of wrongly used わ as the particle for WA distracted me from enjoying the video fully.
EDWARD LEE
MASAK LEMAK CILI API、おいしそうですね。大好きな料理を紹介していることがよくわかりました。料理の作り方を紹介するのが目的なのか、他の地方ではあまり作られていない料理を紹介したかったのか、両方だったのだろうと思います。地元の紹介という点では、他の地方にない料理であることをもっとアピールするとよいでしょう。
ABE YOKO
Should not have shown the brand of the 'santan' used as it would be considered as an advertising element. The participant displayed confidence in speech and the selection of music background was suitable.
The particle used in the subtitle for 'wa' was incorrect (は instead of わ). The participant should explain more about why he has chosen this topic. Is the food eaten always in his family? Is there any story behind the cooking of this food?
LOH KOK HOONG
Very simple & easy explanation storyline. The story have an informative message & easy to understand.
ZARINA ALIAS
PANEL OF JUDGES
Edward Lee
President
THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA
Loh Kok Hoong
Japanese Language Teacher
SMK ANDERSON
ABE Yoko
Retired Japanese Language Education Expert
JAPAN
Zarina Alias
Japanese Language Teacher
SMK GHAFFAR BABA
COMMENTS FROM JUDGES
"First and foremost, I congratulate all the contestants for being a pioneer in this new competition. I salute their courage, ingenuity, hard work, and talent.
I enjoyed watching each and every work. I was amazed at the variety of approaches and techniques used. Ranging from a professional behind-the-camera type of narration approach (used often by most documentary films ) to a more personalised in-front-of-the-camera type of narration (used by most YouTubers). Two opening shots caught my eye. One has the camera span up the sky to reveal the video title. The other tracked a student walking down the corridor and then later zoomed down into his shoes before the start of an interview. I was secretly delighted when one of the entries uses a drone for some aerial shots. However, unfortunately, this is NOT allowed as the competition rules state that only a handphone may be used.
Overall, the post-production work was a bit let down. Perhaps the students were running against time but this stage is the most important. It allows the quality checks to ensure that the video meets certain standards and the requirement of the competition. Poor sound recording, errors in the subtitling, wrong information, and usage of drone videography could be avoided Otherwise, we would not have withdrawn the awarding of the first prize."
EDWARD LEE
「どの作品も、とても魅力的です。みなさんが紹介してくださった場所や食べ物を、ぜひぜひ実際に見たり食べたりしたいと強く思いました。ステキなビデオを作成してくださって、ありがとうございました。
入賞外の作品ですが、それぞれのいいこともありました。博物館で展示されたものをきれいに映像できたりして、インタビュー形式で町の紹介の工夫を感じました。」
ABE YOKO
"Overall, participants display a fair skill in video production. However, participants should do more research on their topics not only from google but from locals so that the content of the video will be more interesting for the viewers. Participants should also plan a better storyboard so that the message can be delivered to the viewers efficiently."
LOH KOK HOONG
"Each group had done a great job. All videos show individualistic interest points such as history, tourism, and food to introduce their hometown. Very creative and interesting"
ZARINA ALIAS