Author: Chi Hong

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Final Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] Vanishing City – The Disappearing Laundry Lines in HK

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YouTube Link:  https://youtu.be/njYTDbAPG-s   Vanishing City – The Disappearing Laundry Lines in HK Director: Yan Chi Hong The bamboo pole or scaffold, commonly referred to as the Hong Kong drying rack, presents a smart answer to the problem of drying laundry and other objects in a crowded cityscape with limited space. However, the Hong Kong drying rack goes beyond its primary function of drying garments; it also serves as a representation of sustainability. By utilizing renewable and biodegradable materials, it embodies an eco-friendly approach. Moreover, opting to hang clothes for drying instead of relying on a dryer enables individuals to

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 8: Sci-Fi Technoscapes

[Reading Response] M. Christine Boyer: “The Imaginary Real World of CyberCities”

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Nowadays, social media platforms have become an essential part of our lives and can be used as synonyms to describe our identity. Therefore, the book “The Imaginary Real World of CyberCities” Author by M. Christine Boyer can help us to know how these phenomena change our understanding to the real world and the imaginary worlds. From the book, Boyer mainly explores how movies and media influence our views on life and the world. Boyer also defined “CyberCities” as a virtual space within computer networks, she explained how CyberCities blurs the boundaries between physical and virtual reality, and how CyberCities provide

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Cat Links Workshop 3: Designing the Video Essay

[Mood Board]: “Vanishing City: The Disappearing Laundry Lines in Hong Kong” – Yan Chi Hong

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[Mood Board]: “Vanishing Act: The Disappearing Laundry Lines in Hong Kong” Clothes drying racks have always been controversial in Hong Kong. Throughout history, there have been many different designs of clothes drying racks. The main reason is that the design of the clothes drying racks often leads to accidents and another reason is the urban landscape. In the above Mood Board, I mainly pointed out the appearance of the clothes drying rack in the past, the design of new clothes drying rack, drawings, color tone, movie scene that have been captured, and accident news about laundry pole. https://www.canva.com/design/DAGCqUbK5yc/o7FotGW-8HpystDt0dcYCQ/view?utm_content=DAGCqUbK5yc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor Yan Chi

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Cat Links Workshop 1: Building Sets, Spaces & the City + Costumes, Characters & Urban Situations

Workshop 2 Exercise – Yan Chi Hong

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The reason why I chose a corner of Temple Street in Hong Kong is to use neon lights to reflect the warm colors of the rain, as well as the feeling of a night less city with people passing around on the street in the midnight, gangster hanging around, prostitute etc to further highlight the helplessness of the main character.   Yan Chi Hong UID:3035565619

Cat Links Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director's Chat

Question to Director Chen

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Hi Director Chen, I am Yan Chi Hong. A Landscape student. Thank you very much for bringing the movie today <Dreamland>. I am a Hong Kong person, and this is my first time watching a movie in another language instead of Cantonese, Mandarin, or English. It is a fantastic experience. I really like your film production technique, which uses simple narrative techniques to let us use the third person to glimpse the lives of the male and female protagonists. And in the composition of the movie shooting, I also greatly appreciate your extraction angles. Most of the time in the

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Fieldwork

[Fieldwork Report] Vanishing City – Clothes Drying Rack, Yan Chi Hong & Ching Hau Sik Monique

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    CCHU9034 Architecture and Film [Section 2A, 2023] FIELDWORK REPORT text transcript – Clothes Drying Rack Yan Chi Hong UID:3035565619 / Ching Hau Sik Monique UID: 3036207525   OPENING : Hong : In the vibrant city of Hong Kong, there are countless elements that make it truly unique. From space to its traditional buildings, this city is a treasure trove of culture and history. But sadly, in the fast-paced world we live in, many of these elements may no longer exist in just ten short years.   1. What is the artefact that is vanishing? Hong : Hello and

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 4: Everyday Spaces as Narrative

[Reading Response] Eunice Seng: “Cuts through Hong Kong”

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This article is a thoughtful and profound analysis of the movie “In the Mood for Love” by Director Wong Kar-Wai. The author, Eunice Seng, explores the inevitable and irreversible concepts that the movie portrays, such as love, migration, and temporary identity, from both a micro and macro perspective. The article argues that changes are inevitable, whether it is the 1960s when the plot is set, the filming time in 2000, or even our current time of 2024. Seng also highlights the movie’s use of “spatial and temporal collage” to capture and convey the old and new cultural ideas that were

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