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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Final Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] Urban Threads

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Urban Threads: the alleyways and the connecting city Introduction: the uniqueness of alleyways The video’s keywords are “alleyway” and “the connecting city”. They reflect Hong Kong’s adaptation of its natural landscape and manual urban density. Hong Kong has a unique landscape compared to the city built on the plains and the high density of skyscrapers, so there is extreme demand for connectivity. Alleyways are a unique and effective method to connect different locations on the ground level. They act like urban threads, utilizing complex geographical conditions, connecting spaces, and providing small but convenient shortcuts among wide roads. Specifically, the site

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 7: Monsters, Materials & Skyscrapers

[Reading Response] Oh No, There Goes Tokyo_Zhao Meijing

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Reading response 2 Oh No, There Goes Tokyo: Recreational Apocalypse and the City in Postwar Japanese Popular Culture Zhao Meijing 3036126991 This article mainly discusses the reasons and functions of the disaster culture in Japan from post-World War II to today. Tokyo has been permanently destroyed in many artworks. It mirrored Tokyo’s historical vulnerability to catastrophe, especially the trauma of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the post-World War II period, the Japanese regarded life as complete insecurity. The successful resistance to monsters was the escape from failure in history. However, repeating the catastrophe made audiences less concerned about the reality. On

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

[Moving House Reflection] Zhao Meijing

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The camera is not completely stable, but shaking slightly. This may show the family members’ uncertainty and hesitation when relocating their ancestors. The viewers stand at a quite close distance from the characters, which places the audience as another member of their family. People have to change the ancester’s home from unfer the groud to a narrower and colder closets, even this counter to their believes.

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director's Chat

[Questions to director Chen] Zhao Meijing

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It is a unique experience to watch a film like this. I want to ask questions about applying cinematography techniques and the story’s location. 1. Why are foregrounds often included in the scenes? (e.g., doors, walls) 2. Why does the female protagonist face the camera sideways? 3. Why do you choose Cambodia as the filming location? What is its uniqueness compared to the underdeveloped European and Southwestern Asian countries? Thank you so much! Zhao Meijing 3036126991

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Fieldwork, Uncategorized

[Fieldwork Report] The Man Wah Building, Zhao Meijing (Anne) & Wang Tianyi (Alisa)

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Five Stills Collage Transcript Zhao Meijing: With the urbanization of Hong Kong, many things are leaving us. This time, we focus on the trolleys at the bottom of Mandarin's New Village. The disappearance of the trolley is not only a sign that this object is leaving us but also a sign of the change in the development mode of Hong Kong's small commodity economy and the transformation of people's urban planning concept. These two aspects are precisely the reasons for the disappearance of the trolley. Wang Tianyi: The modularized and industrialized commodity economy has replaced the individual economy. Large-scale chains

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 3: The Post-war Asian City as Set

[Reading Response] Urban Cinema And The Cultural Identity Of Hong Kong, by Leung Ping-Kwan

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Reading Response 1 Urban Cinema and the Cultural Identity of Hong Kong Zhao Meijing 3036126991 The article unfolds the history of the Hong Kong film industry from the 1950s to the 1980s, analyzing the balance between the Chinese and the Western elements during the transition of colonization and decolonization. The essence of this issue is the sense of belonging. The limited population and complex context forced the public to align themselves with Chinese or English backgrounds, which led to reinterpretations through different ideologies in the filmmaking sphere. Many directors opted for compromise with uncertainty. However, the answer can be further

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