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The recent production of feature films in Malaysia has shown positive development in terms of cinemas collection. However, there are some of the feature films made per year that fail on cinemas collection due to poor film script that does not meet the expectation of the local audience. There are a few good film scripts that is also not successful on cinemas. The importance of the research on script writing quality issues is necessary to find a solution to bring Malaysia films to a higher level and international level. The main findings of this study will unravel the reasons why this is still happening when the quality of some of the film scripts is very good. This is due to the acceptance of film audience in Malaysia who are given less exposure to the aesthetics of a film artwork in general. Therefore, successful films in Malaysia are more of mere entertainment and films are not considered as a medium that can change the ideology of a society. The research method used is qualitative through interviews with the director and scriptwriter of KL Vampires (2019) film and descriptive secondary data through articles and books. Studies on feature film scriptwriting in Malaysia in the future should focus more on issues on how history, culture and heritage can be preserved through film with quality film scriptwriting.
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To Cite this Article: Kamarudin, N. B., & Rashid, A. A. S. B. A. (2021). Feature Film Script Writing Quality Issues: KL Vampires Film (2019). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(11), 362 – 371.
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