Sang Pencerah Films: Analysis of Islamic principles and their application in the life of the community in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Film is a media that has an important role in the social, cultural, artistic, political and scientific world. The use of films in community education efforts is partly based on the consideration that films have the ability to hold viewers' attention and partly on why films have the ability to communicate messages in a unique way (McQuail, 1994:13). It can elicit a range of influences from its broadcast which ultimately leads to community changes. The effect of the message that occurs to the film in the packaging of symbolic reality is felt by the audience directly, and can be in the form of emotional changes. The researcher takes a film that he wants to analyze, and considers it a real example of the Islamization of cinema in Indonesia. The movie "Sang Pencerah" tells about the struggle of the national pioneer, Kiai Hajj Ahmad Dahlan. Moreover, the researcher wanted to reveal the principles of Islam and how to apply them in the life of society. And aimed to know the principles of Islam in the film and their effects on the life of the community, especially in the state of Yogyakarta. In this research, researcher used the semiotic theory Roland Baths. This research is basic research in a qualitative form. The method used in this study is the historical method. The results of this research are that films have an important impact and films have a very large role in society that can change their lives in the future. There are many aspects that can be taken from this movie that also affect the life of the Yogyakarta community, in terms of education, monotheism, social and da'wah.