Title: Fast City Synopsis: The given site was ‘MTR passage,’ and this is a documentary-style video about the busy and fast-paced morning hours of the workers in the city. The background of this video is the subway station called ‘Yeouido Station’ in Seoul, Korea, which is one of the busiest subway stations during the morning rush hour in Seoul City. As subway is one the main public transportations in Korea, its rush hour is in the morning since many of the workers/office workers use it on their way to work. This video also connects with the COVID-19 situation in Korea;

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Title: [Underground Heaven: Disappearing City] Director & Actor: Tan Shuntian 3035777585 The Theme of the Video: The COVID-19 global pandemic results in the great shock to the global economy, and Hong Kong, as an international city, is having no doubt to be affected. Shopping was one of the most attractive activity to do in Hong Kong, but due to the global lockdown, few travellers can get into Hong Kong to make consumptions, at the same time Hong Kong locals tend to spend less money as well, hence in the first quarter of 2020, the retail industry in Hong Kong lost

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Video   Map of Film   Storyboard   Synopsis A girl is trying to enjoy her ice pop, but she can’t eat on the sidewalks of Hong Kong anymore. Will she be able to find a private place to eat her ice cream without worrying to be infected? This girl simply tries to enjoy her small source of happiness, her ice-pop. She wishes no contact with anyone, therefore seeks a private place using the sidewalks in Hong Kong. Ironically, however, she needs to run away from the sidewalks as it may be a source of the virus. Yet, she is

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How to connect the rooftop with a pandemic is a struggle for me at first. Afterward, human and their activities is the only connection I can think of. In this video, I chose 2 rooftops, one of the city and one of our home, from a macro and micro view respectively. A public place’s changes during the pandemic are obvious. All the places of interest used to be filled with both local residents and visitors. They are like disappearing overnight, leaving the buildings and architecture still. The private space is changing more subtly. Our family’s rooftop was a children’s playground

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Introduction: The virus has affected everyone’s life so much that travelling is no longer something that can be done easily like it was before the virus. In midst of Hong Kong being a fast-paced city with social-distancing rules under virus, public rooftops have been a popular spot for people to enjoy their time. These public rooftops located at the top of different shopping malls have been more and more common in recent years, showing how ‘rooftops’ are no longer a must to be private.  Method of Research: -personal visiting, news, past experiences Speaking of public rooftops, I visited several on the

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