DESCRIPTION Fear comes from uncertainty. Along with fake news and conspiracies, it spreads like wildfire. People stay at home and stay away from the pandemic. But everything just come too fast such that break us into fragments. We have too many hardships these years. So in 2021 we resort to dream and are numb to everything. You can’t awaken someone who is pretending to be asleep. To some degree, we know what is happening around us. To some degree, we escape from it with dreams. The video essay serves as an allegory to warn us

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[Recover] After the serious outbreak of coronavirus,  Changchun, a city in North-eastern China, has started to recover from the sorrow. There is no confirmed infection case at the current stage, so people no longer have to stay at home for self-quarantine. Thus, groups of young people, who are considered as the leader of the pop trend in North-eastern China, begin to go on the street to seek pleasure. The documentary was shot in a popular multi-functional shopping mall that opened in the center of the city. Several camera shots were taken as a true reflection of people’s daily lives in

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Floor Plan:   Video: Script: Cat: Hello, my name is Cherry, and I’m the boss of this house, nonono, not this man, is me. (enter title –Her—What’s in the cat’s mind?) Cat: Lately, there has been an epidemic outbreak of a terrible disease.  (zoom in tv) Cat: Hmm.. What’s the name? what’s the name again?  (tv showing coronavirus)  Cat: Oh Yeah, the coronavirus thing. Many humans die, pretty sad.  (Human opens door) Cat: A lot of habits of humans are changed. They seldom go out.  Cat:Even when they go out, they wear this ugly, powerful ‘weapon’. (human washing hands, peaking

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Script: Kes’s home and Henry’s office On screen text: 21 April 2021 Scene starts with HANG’s family working in front of a computer, typing in documents. Camera then focuses on the computer clock, “12:30 p.m.”, HANG slams the desk and stands up. Narration: This is HANG, a 25 years old clerk working 9 to 5 during the pandemic. As HANG slams the desk, screen splits into two. On the left screen, HAM wakes up and picks up his phone, and he sees the clock showing 12:30 p.m. He then leaves the bed and goes in the toilet. Narration: This is

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