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[Video Essay] Control City- Shopping Mall

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Research and Making Of This video essay aims to explore how shopping malls may entice and ‘control’ its visitors into staying and spending on its shops through its interior design- even during 2021, where the pandemic is still ongoing. Using Langham Place as the case study, some of its most notable features (the expresscalator and Spiral) are compared with known strategies used in malls. The video essay takes a more documentary-esque approach and captures how the typical shopper may experience the mall.   The floor plan of Langham Place’s 8th to 12th floor (The Spiral) (seen in 1:44 – 2:10) is

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[Video Essay] Stranded City

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Overhead bridge – Stranded City Synopsis, method of research, documentation As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, the fast-paced lifestyle and urbanized hustle and bustle flood the city in a 3D way, not only the daily commuting on the street but “lifted up” in the air travelling through myriads of overhead bridges. There are more than 700 hundred overhead footbridges in Hong Kong. In fact, these extensive and anfractuous labyrinths of elevated pedestrian walkways connect MTR stations, business centres, harbours, dwelling houses into a massive, stranded maze. It has become commonplace for citizens to walk a

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[Video Essay] Mobile City

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Title: Mobile City Credits: Directed and narrated by Song Yang (Music: on the road) Description of the theme: There are many ways to define and describe a city like Hong Kong. When it is related to the covid-19 pandemic and MTR passage, the first word coming to my mind is “mobile”. The MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the railway transportation system of Hong Kong. It is a municipal rail transit system in Hong Kong referring to 10 lines that can be passed through an MTR-way ticket. Although Hong Kong is not so big, there are a plenty of MTR

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[Video Essay] Control City

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Title: Control City Synopsis: My given site for this video essay was ‘corridor’ and since I am not in Hong Kong, I made the video about Suwon city in South Korea. In Suwon, a new area called Gwanggyo new city was constructed a few years ago, and since it is where I live, I filmed video scenes around Gwanggyo. As mentioned in the video, Gwanggyo has various residential and cultural facilities around a large lake park, and this video shows how our lives have changed and controlled by the influence of COVID-19 in a documentary format. In this video, I defined

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[Video Essay] Information city

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    Statement: Dormitory is the miniature to show Hong Kong is a information city. Introduction: The video shows the simple life of two roommates in the dormitory during pandemic. The things happened inside the dormitory show that Hong Kong is a information city, looking into the daily life. The whole video talks about two roommates have conflicts during covid-19 and then be reconciled. The video shows they using TV, computer and phone to gain the information of the city and things related to the COVID-19. Reason for me decided to use animation to make the video is that I’m

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[Video Essay] Restaurant: Disappearing City

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Background information: In this video essay, I want to investigate the disappearing of a cha chaan teng (rainbow cafe) and the reasons behind it. The video is really straightforward. It starts with a shut down of the 55 years old rainbow cafe and the reasons are pandemic and chain stores and shopping mall. It is all according to the boss of the rainbow cafe in a interview. The disappearance of the rainbow cafe really shows the downfall of cha chaan teng considering its age. Method of Research: I first try to film the inside of a cha chann teng, but

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[Video Essay] PUBLIC CITY

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In the context of the epidemic, the last thing we want to see is the failure of public space and the obliteration of communication between people.In the process of research, I am very happy to find that the vitality of the city is very strong, public spaces in housing estate is still used in various ways. In the name of security and privacy, newly developed communities in Hong Kong are often closed, with an outer wall. The gate can only be opened with a password or a door card. With the monitoring of security and surveillance cameras, the community has

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[Field-Homework 3] Public City

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  SCRIPT OST – On-screen text   INTRO Still videos of children playing in playground. TITLE Public City: Playground OST Playground is claimed as a public space. END INTRO   SCENE 1 Deserted toddlers’ playground with only a resident passing by. OST Yet, barrier exists. END SCENE 1 OST Amidst Covid-19   SCENE 2 The fenced playground prohibits people from entering. OST Entry is prohibited for social distancing. END SCENE 2   OST At the same time, there is an invisible barrier. SCENE 3 Contrasting the childhood (daytime) and the adulthood (nighttime). In the daytime, children are playing joyfully, enjoying

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[Video Essay] Mobile City

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  Title: Mobile City—— A Long Journey to Escape Site: MTR Passage Transcript: Wake up! Wake up! I always wonder, why does MTR passage, a place packed with people and mobility, always gives me a feeling of hollowness and isolation. Sometimes I feel like being in another world or a dream, so lonely and tired. Especially after the beginning of the pandemic. Although it might be condensed in the train, people would spread out at the MTR passage once they get out of the train. This is because everyone is afraid of the virus and wants to keep a social

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[Field-Homework 3] Disappearing City

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Background Information: Seoul is the capital of South Korea and the most developed city in South Korea. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Seoul, different from other cities, was full of city lights at night. Thus, the nighttime view was beautiful in Seoul. However, pandemic had led the government to announce the business operation restriction after 10:00PM (KST). Therefore, the city lights from buildings and highways at night disappeared in Seoul.  Method of Research: Before start filming the video, I’ve read various news articles to understand the changes in Seoul after COVID-19 and decide which urban characteristics of Seoul that I should focused on. Then,

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