The tourism destinations in Jogja are so various. Many artificial tourist obects made are now also becoming really popular in Yogyakarta. One of those popular tourism objects in Jogja is, Gamplong Studio Alam.
Located in Sleman Regency, precisely 16 kilometers away from zero point of Yogkakarta, this tourism destination is usually well known as mini Hollywood. This tourist object offers various design of unique building which would be really nice for the visitors who like photography.
Gamplong Studio is an open air movie video that the name is Gamplong Studio Alam Sleman (GSAS). When this studio isn’t used for movie shooting, this studio will be opened for public to give them education tourism and instagrammable place to be rent for holding some event.
Since this place is a movie studio where the visitors could get educational tourism, so this tourism destination can’t be freely visited as usual tourism destination. Gamplong Studio Alam (GSAS) is a movie studio built to do a movie shooting. The building was built according to the filmmaking need based on the era / or the year of movie story, so it will be changed periodically or it would even look old or broken because of the film shooting need.
Known as Mini Hollywood of Indonesia
It’s not without any reason why this place is called as mini Hollywood. It is because of the using of Gamplong Studio as the film shooting location. Sultan Agung The Untold Love Story is the film whose the scenes were taken in this place. That film is a new film from the famous movie director namely Hanung Bramantyo. Sultan Agung The Untold Story tells the story of the era of 16th and 17th century. Primarily this place was a village land, and then it has been set into Indonesia in 16th century. Around the end of the 16thcentury, Indonesia was under the Dutch Colonial. So that, in Gamplong Studio, The Dutch fortress, chinese building, Joglo, and betawi building were installed. It sounds unique because we can take pictures with the background of the dutch colonial era.
The Beginning of The Construction of Gamplong Studio Alam
This studio was initiated by Mooryati Soedibyo, a success entrepreneur, or the founder of Mustika Ratu. This 91 years old lady basically wanted only to contribute in national movie industry. She wanted that the movie she made could give the lesson about character building and leadership.
As that purpose, the figure of Sultan agung was chosen as the figure inspiring. After looking for many shooting location, Gamplong Studio was finally chosen. After the filmmaking process was finished, Mooryato Soedibyo donated this studio to the local government.
Film Tourism Education
Gamplong Studio has really nice and spacious area. In addition the properties and the backgrond of the movie were detailedly made. That’s no wonder if this place could also become a nice place to have film tourism education.
This tourism object will educate the the visitors about the film making process especially which creative process needed to make a great quality of spectacle. For those who work in film industry, this place could be valid reference in developping their competence.
But for those don’t work in movie industry, they can still get a lesson. They will know that to make a movie need a long process where it won’t take only about a day or two days. Every scence has its own difficulity from its property or the acting.
The kind of this knowledge could give such a great support to the people who work in film industry. One of the forms of the supports that we can give is by watching the movie in the cinema. So the people who work in film industry could keep creating a great quality of the movie.
Taking Picture In The Fortress Of Dutch Colonial Era
Since this place becomes a place to have movie shooting, the fortress you will found here isn’t the real fortress. This fortress is only the one of the properties setting of the film making process. Even so the details of this fortress are really amazing.
This fortress has a typical big door. In front of this fortress there is a river which becomes the typical barrier during the ducth era. Taking picture in front of the door of this fortress or on the bridge would make an antimainstream photo.
Taking Selfie Picture In Every Corner of Studio Alam Gamplong
As the film set in the ancient era, every corner of the location of Studio Gamplong could become nice spot to make photo or video shot.
The Ancient Traditional Market
Supporting the activites in the past, there is traditional market setting. This market sells any kinds of fruits and vegetables. In this market there is also an old wooden restaurant.
All those properties above were made detailedly so it can really support the movie setting of the past era. There are also two goods in this market that could represent the market of 16th century era. Those goods are paper umbrella and big baskets.
The Facilities in Gamplong Studio
To make the visitors feel comfortable, there are some facilities provided here. The first facility is food court area, there are some food court area here. In addition there are also places where you can rest a while.
Gamplong Studio Location and Contact
Because it’s not so far from the city center of Yogyakarta, Gamplong Studio is quite easy to find. The adresse is Gamplong 1, Sumberrahayu, Moyudan, Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region 55563. To get more information about Gamplong Studio, you can find it on Instagram @gamplong_studio.
