Title: fast city Director’s name: Chiu Man Yui The theme of the video is ‘be slow in a fast city’, it reference the problem that modern people always facing: too many information. Fast city is always related to an information city, in the video, I want to show the fast information flow, and also refer to people who are too fast. In my opinion, people in the fast city always chasing information, and information always chasing people. Thus, I add a lot of information which are not concise because they all come from wiki ,and I cut the most

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  Title: Information city — Shared emotions under masks City: Hangzhou Site: Corridor Directed by: Lin Liya 3035952018   Hypothesis Theoretically, corridors are a form of the hallway that is typically narrow compared to its length and acts as a passage connecting different parts of a building. They seemed ordinary and easily overlooked in our modern city. Sometimes corridors are considered as soulless ‘between’ spaces with no particular character or functions. They separate the private and public spaces and the occupants of a building. However, a question comes to my mind: Do corridors really have no other function except for

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Disappearing City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOPOrI2EEfY Side walks are known to be the setting of the quotidian, daily experience of the urban city lifestyle. As human beings, we grow a strong sense of attachment to the surrounding environment we are so used to seeing every day. Therefore, this can symbolise a sense of topophilia and nostalgia. However, time is transient and nothing lasts forever. When we walk along the streets, we often start to notice changes that happen in our surroundings as the result of rapid urban renewable and economic development.  Various notable films that inspired me to approach the theme of nostalgia

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