Author: Yu Hahn

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Final Video Essay, Uncategorized

[Field-Homework 3]: Ephemeral City: Man Wah Complex, Jordan

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Link to video: https://youtu.be/a1y2Zh2_fgk Ephemeral City: Man Wah Complex, Jordan The street, as ordinary as a form of infrastructure as it is, it is heavily linked to our lives. Walking through the city, one might fail to notice the moments on the street. However, if one pays attention, things will start to appear and with the camera, these ephemeral moments on the street can be captured and preserved. With a camera, one becomes an observer, looking at the play unfolding in front of their eyes. The video essay thus aims to bring out some of that extraordinary from the ordinary.

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

[Reading Response] William M. Tsutsui

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Oh No, There Goes Tokyo looks into the Japanese obsession with the fictional destruction of their own cities in various mediums such as films, anime or manga. According to the author, a lot of this stems from post-war anxiety of an imminent bombing. The events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki towards the end of the war have had such an impact on Japan’s subconscious, leading many creatives to infuse personal trauma into their work. Thus, the art produced could be interpreted as both a reminder for the old and an optimistic view towards the future for the young. The theme of

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Lecture 6: “Moving House” Reflection

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The documentary has given me an insight into the strive for development by Singapore’s government and in order to achieve it, some sacrifices have to be made. Old hdb flats being demolished to make way for new ones and land being taken over in order to be used for new developments are common practices carried out by governments as part of their development plans. The documentary gives the viewer a sense of the struggles, both emotionally and physically, felt by the family the documentary follows. Tan Yu Hahn – 3036181769

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Workshop 1: Building Sets, Spaces & the City + Costumes, Characters & Urban Situations

Workshop 2 Exercise (Tan Yu Hahn)

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Badlands, Terrence Malick (Google) The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick (Google) The scene described the character as having endured so much (maybe pain) a few hours ago, the rain pouring down on he or she now feels like nothing. Thus, these images were chosen to evoke a sense of enlightenment or freedom achieved by the character, that he or she can now let go of the burden that was endured before.

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

[Reading Response] Eunice Seng

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The paper discusses the film ‘In the Mood for Love’. I believe that this film is able to show us the multifaceted roles backgrounds and settings play where in it, sets are utilised to emphasise the moods and to inform of this idea of temporality. Characters often interact with the same places and sets. This sort of continuous one-after-another play between them and the surroundings creates a perpetual movement within those places. Without its inhabitants, these places seem like photographs, stills almost. The stillness is elevated by the choice of camera techniques. Slow motion and long continuous shots create a

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