Ez – Architecture and film

[Field-Homework 3] Public City: HKU Pier

May 9, 2024 u3603078

Video Essay: Theme: The theme and subject matter of the described scenario revolve around the transformation of the harbor near HKU and its impact on the surrounding environment and community. The setting is the Western Harbourfront, stretching from Sai Ying Pun to Kennedy Town in Hong Kong. The components of the story include the initial state of the harbor, its renovation, and the subsequent changes observed by the narrator. History: The waterfront near HKU is first seen as an interesting location with abandoned cargo docks and strewn-about containers. Unobstructed views of Victoria Harbour and the city skyline are made

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Lecture 8: Sci-Fi Technoscapes

[Reading Response 2] The Imaginary Real World of CyberCities

April 26, 2024 u3603078

Ez Kim 3036030788 I like this analogy to the machine city: for disciplinary control proceeds by distributing bodies/uses in space, allocating each individuals to a cellular partition, and creating an efficient machine out of its analytical spatial arrangement. I thought that this analogy of machine city is similar to the feeling that I got from being in Hong Kong. Poeple work in a small partition, from 9 to 6, and goes to home using MTR, which is very crowded but the trains come in a very discipline time table. People go to a very small, cellular home, and sleep and

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Workshop 3: Designing the Video Essay

Storyboard-Ez Kim

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[Moodboard] : “Vanishing Blossoms” Ez Kim

April 17, 2024 u3603078

Ez Kim 3036030788 Description: This mood board captures Hong Kong’s fading flower market. There are Vintage photos that showcases vibrant stalls, while modern shots reveal an empty landscape. Neon colors to symbolize lost beauty

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Class exercise – Moving House Reflection Ez Kim 3036030788

March 27, 2024 u3603078

I felt really sad about the Singaporean families, since the graveyard was removed from one place to another. I think the remaining families will feel sad and sorry about their ancestors. Ez Kim 3036030788

Workshop 2

[Workshop 2] Exercise – Ez Kim

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https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/2163248 This is a man who is stuck in a flood, and his car broke down. His mindset really shows how he doesn’t care about the rain, and have no impact on his life. Ez Kim 3036030788

Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director's Chat

Question for director Chen- Ez Kim 3036030788

March 13, 2024 u3603078

Why did you choose Cambodia as the setting of the film? What aspects of the physical set (like the house, props) did you choose as the most important factor? (in other words, are there any implicit meaning inside the chosen props? Ez Kim 3036030788

Lecture 3 Filming the Asian City

[Reading Response] Noirs – The City The Woman and Other Spaces by Ez Kim

February 29, 2024 u3603078

After reading the “NOIRS: The City, the Woman and Other Spaces”, I was amazed on how “Black Rose” uses various film technique to show female gaze especially on the frozen shots and multi view point. Also, the elevator girl uses jump cuts, which shows the rapid movement of a strong female protagonist actions. It was also quite intriguing that spy thriller genre in HK was heavily influenced by the James Bond series, and how that influenced the characteristics of female spies in HK films. It was also quite interesting to see how social discontent with the ruling class is

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