Without CGI, KKN In Dancer Village Uses 110 Snakes While Filming

KKN players in the Dancer Village (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - There is something unusual about the KKN film in Dancer Village. With an old school background, this film does not use CGI. All settings are original settings. Even for snakes, this film uses 110 real snakes.

Director Awi Suryadi said that his party used 10 large snakes and 100 small snakes for the purposes of shooting the scene. "This snake is treated more carefully than humans. We have to keep the mood so we can follow what we want," said Awi during the Gala Premiere, Friday, April 22 at Epicentrum, South Jakarta.

Awi said the production team had committed not to use computer generated imaging (CGI) for certain scenes.

"CGI is really easy, maybe not more expensive. But that's not the problem. So it doesn't look real in the film if it's CGI. That's the advantage in this film, the real snake helps bring our emotions. So I think it's a very important thing that likes to be underestimated," said Manoj PUnjabi, CEO of MD Pictures.

The actors shared their experiences during the preparation to the shooting of the KKN film in the Dancer Village, starting from getting carried away with a mystical atmosphere, using real snakes as a complement to filming, to learning the typical East Javanese gandrung dance.

"All the players. We brought the horror vibes into real life with us as players. The set was really scary, and we also often filmed at night. So it's really, in my opinion, like being carried away in a scary scenario that," said Tissa Biani.

One of the KKN films in the Dancing Village featured a scene of Adinda being wrapped in a snake. According to Adinda, the experience of being entangled with a snake was her first experience. When offered to play in the film by producer Manoj Punjabi, at first he thought there was only a scene with a snake without a coil.

Adinda said that she had done a month-long workshop before shooting at the shooting location, including to practice getting used to snakes with a handler.

"From the same room with the snakes, far apart until they are close together, until they hold it. But after a long time it comes off, it's comfortable. During the third workshop, I got really wrapped around it because the snake had a stomach ache and I was still scared, so he wrapped it tighter. the handler just said, 'Breathe, breathe, don't be afraid'," said Adinda.

The KKN film in Desa Penari is ready to be screened on April 30 in Indonesian cinemas. Besides Tissa, Adinda, Aghniny, and Aulia, this film also stars Achmad Megantara, Calvin Jeremy, M. Fajar Nugraha, Aty Cancer, Kiki Narendra, Diding Boneng, and Andri Mashadi.