Mr. Mustache and Friends: A Song Animation Video Development Based on Signalong Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to produce a prototype of Signalong Indonesia based children's song animation video media for children with special needs as a solution for children with special needs in delays or communication constraints. Signalong media as a medium to facilitate the communication style of each individual. Moreover, Signalong Indonesia helps the understanding and interaction of children with special needs in communicating with others, teachers, parents or the surrounding community. Mr. Mustache and Friends this can provide effective and inclusive educational shows with animated videos for all people, especially Indonesian children. This study uses a Research and Development development model with the following development procedures. The results of this research and development are in the form of a prototype of an animated video media that has gone through a feasibility test in the form of a validation test, a media expert, a material expert, a product trial and a product revision stage so that the media is included in the appropriate category of use. Keywords-signalong Indonesia; mr mustache and friends; song animation video, childern with special seeds, inclusive school, R&D model I. INTRODUCTIONCommunication of children with special needs has different characteristics in how to communicate [1], [2]. Communication characteristics of children with special needs who experience obstacles in communication barriers, how to communicate using sign language, on motor barriers how to communicate using symbol communication media, and on intellectual barriers how to communicate using symbols [3]. Children with special needs need more media to communicate. The media can be in the form of signs and symbols. Conditions such as those described above have been more than five years in the UK have been carried out in-depth studies and solutions to overcome these problems by optimizing sign communication skills so that all children with special needs more easily understand communication messages. Signalong Indonesia's communication is already in the form of a dictionary but is more effective if it is developed in the form of a themed video making it easier for children with special needs, parents and the community, in general, can learn easily so as to overcome communication barriers [4], [5].The purpose of this research is to develop animated videothemed through Indonesian children's songs. Because learning songs is easier and more fun [6]. The urgency of developing animated videos; (1) facilitating the communication style of each individual, (2) Signalong Indonesia help understanding and interacting children with special needs in communicating with others, teachers, parents or with the surrounding community, (3 Mr. Mustache and Friends program can provide effective and inclusive educational shows with animated videos for all people, especially Indonesian children. This animated video media has specifications shown in Table 1.The basic concept of Signalong is based on British Sign Language (BSL). Almost all signs of BSL hav...