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[Video Essay] Clean City

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Hypothesis: Concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus through feces have led to improvement in Hong Kong public toilets’ hygiene conditions. Synopsis: Theme and subject matter Hong Kong attracts thousands of tourists daily and with citizens travelling all around the city for work, hundreds of people rely on public toilets around the city. Due to the pandemic, the views on public toilets divide many people. Some people expect them to be cleaner and more hygienic due to the context of Covid-19, while some people prefer to avoid them as they are a hotbed for the virus. Due to the virus, the

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[Field-Homework3] Private City

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Public Toilet- How privacy coexist with public   Theme description: The public toilet is special among the public places, which is actually an extension of private space. It enquires the city to consider how to share a place which should have been private. I use the topic “private city” to make a contrast with “public toilet.” Beck (2016) stated that many people still suffer some degree of anxiety about going to the bathroom. In fact, openness and privacy create an unpleasant conflict in the toilet. Our unique behavior stems from a complex feeling of shame, self-awareness, imagination, and gender roles.

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[Video Essay] the future.

Posted on Chan Ue Yin Monique

        Most people do not have the concept of perceiving hidden space.   Under the deliberate and careful cover, few people will notice the things around the interior buildings. Just as oxygen is to human beings, invisible and untouchable, the ghostly virus that runs through it becomes indiscernible and fearful. So does people’s perception of the architectural environment.   They, belong to a part of the architecture and quietly perform their functions. The mechanical and electrical systems(M&E) invisibly and secretly connect the integrated architecture composed of private units into a whole community of destiny.   How would

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[Video Essay] Synecdoche, HONGKONG

Posted on Iris

The moving compartment is a synecdoche of Hong Kong.  Floorplan Shooting Script/ Story Board: Subtitles/ Narration:  The Coronavirus suffocates our city. As the urban artery, subway is one of the most efficient commute mediums between destinations. However, it also expedites the spread of many viruses, before people are awared. As part of the crowd, she enters the subway, becomes one of the infected.   Since then whenever taking subway, she starts to leave a pack of masks at the seat, hoping to shield everyone that leaves the subway with a mask. She is relentless, disregard if or not crisis is

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[Video Essay] FLOW

Posted on Chin Kuang Yi

Video Essay: FLOW Captions: The Novel Coronavirus (CoVid-19) Pandemic has been a major global concern in the past months. In lieu of this, the Malaysian Government issued a Movement Control Order (MCO) on the 18th of March 2020.   The order stated: General prohibition of mass movements and gatherings across the country including religious, sports, social and cultural activities. To enforce this prohibition, all houses of worship and business premises would be closed, except for supermarkets, public markets, grocery stores and convenience stores selling everyday necessities. Restrictions on the entry of all tourists and foreign visitors into the country. Closure

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[Video Essay] Window

Posted on Zhang Qin Ya

[Voice-over]: If each person has to write down only one word to describe the experience at the beginning of 2020, what would you like to choose?   For me, it is the window.   To be more prudent, I looked it up on the dictionary before making the decision.   There are various windows in our lives. They are in different shapes, having different appearances.   Sometimes we even neglect their existences when gazing into it. They are incredibly low-key about themselves.   During the days spent at home, we communicate with a larger world through the windows on the

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[Video Essay] HOME KONG

Posted on Chan Yuet Mikayla

  In this documentary, i would like to grab this opportunities to discover the another side of our home, instead of only boredom or dullness. Under the threat of corona virus, i understand that many of us feel fear of the life we are not used to, and stressed on the repetitive daily work. In fact, it is normal to feel frustrated under this situation and being negative towards the environment. From this video, we could see that our home is better than what we supposed to be, and quarantine does not seems useless or even an obstacle to our

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[Video Essay] Inactivity

Posted on Wong Wai Ching

https://youtu.be/VE2jzPr3LyU In this documentary, I intended to show the activities of people in quarantine, where they were separated due to the need of social distancing. In my view, these activities are quite the opposite of ‘active’, which is why I used the title ‘inactivity’ to point out the in-activeness of them. In the beginning of the film, the main character was notified via news that quarantine has begin. The music is a lively and relaxing music. I believe this is the impression most people were at first when they know about the quarantine. The main character was notified the seriousness

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