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[Your Name] – Department of Media Studies, [University]

The Allure of the “Next‑Door Beauty”: Narrative, Gender, and Spatial Politics in “MEYD‑540 – Wanita Cantik Tetangga Sebelah Yang …” MEYD-540 - Wanita Cantik Tetangga Sebelah Yang ...

16 April 2026 Abstract This paper offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the Indonesian short‑form visual narrative MEYD‑540 – Wanita Cantik Tetangga Sebelah Yang … (hereafter MEYD‑540 ). By foregrounding the figure of the “beautiful next‑door neighbour,” the work intertwines comedic tropes with a subtle critique of contemporary urban gender dynamics, surveillance culture, and the commodification of domestic space. Drawing on theories of the male gaze (Mulvey, 1975), spatial semiotics (Lefebvre, 1991), and the rise of micro‑serial storytelling on platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, the study examines how MEYD‑540 constructs desire, power, and social anxiety within a ten‑minute runtime. Through a close reading of mise‑en‑scene, narrative structure, and audience reception data (commentary analytics from YouTube, June–August 2024), the paper argues that MEYD‑540 functions simultaneously as an entertaining genre piece and a reflexive commentary on the negotiation of privacy, masculinity, and objectification in Indonesia’s rapidly digitising urban middle class. Keywords Indonesian short film, gender representation, spatial politics, micro‑serial narrative, male gaze, digital culture 1. Introduction The proliferation of short‑form video content in Southeast Asia has created a fertile ground for experimental storytelling that blends humor, romance, and social critique. MEYD‑540 – Wanita Cantik Tetangga Sebelah Yang … (released on the “MEYD” channel on 12 January 2024) quickly amassed over 9 million views, indicating both high entertainment value and cultural resonance. The title itself, literally “Beautiful Woman Next‑Door Who …,” invokes a familiar trope: the attractive neighbour who becomes the object of the protagonist’s (and, by extension, the audience’s) gaze. [Your Name] – Department of Media Studies, [University]

| Act | Approx. Time | Key Beats | |-----|--------------|-----------| | I – Setup | 0:00–2:15 | Rizal moves into a new apartment; first glimpse of Sari through a cracked door. | | II – Complication | 2:16–6:45 | Rizal’s attempts to “catch” Sari (peeking through keyhole, borrowing binoculars, setting up a “spy” phone). | | III – Resolution | 6:46–9:30 | Sari discovers Rizal’s surveillance, confronts him, and the two share a tongue‑in‑cheek “truce.” | MEYD‑540 – Wanita Cantik Tetangga Sebelah Yang …