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Cat Links 2022 Blog, Lecture 2: Filming the Modern Asian City

Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas

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In the text, Abbas mentioned the disappearance in Hong Kong history and monuments. To me, disappearance means that the fade away of a certain kind of style. It can be building style, behaviours or people’s lifestyle. The change happening in Hong Kong is really quick— especially environmental. Some old buildings are demolished and rehabilitated. Diesppearance seems to be happening everywhere in Hong Kong. Abbas mentions that preservation projects can keep history in sight and keep buildings in site.  However, it comes to the spotlight that rehabilitation may make the building different from the original one, as referred, ‘the unfamiliar in

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Cat Links Lecture 2: Filming the Modern Asian City

Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas AND Giuliano Bruno

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Ackbar‘s text stated that disappearance is not only about physical disappearance, but also changing its social meanings. Flagstaff House introduces is an old British military building is preserved physically, but the space inside has changed into a tea museum, this changes the human activities and experience.  The feeling of formal and private originally created by the architecture has disappeared and changed to a public space for leisure.  This is where film takes its essential place to records the change of the relationship of the people and architecture by times. Giuliano’s text introduces me to the purpose of a film of

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Cat Links Lecture 2: Filming the Modern Asian City

HOU Xiyuan

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HOU Xiyuan, 3032535258 I learned a lot about how the contrasts of the building and architecture in the city could influence the expression in the film. For example, in Blade Runner and also the Blade Runner 2049 the director was using high contrast building to show the high tech feel. And also in DUNE, the buildings were changed to low contrast to express the a style of uncultivated feel in the desert planet. In addition, architecture was sometimes related to SF concepts. The Futurism Architecture in Russia is with the affection of Golden Age of Science Fiction (Or inverse, they

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Cat Links 2022 Blog, Lecture 8 Sci-Fi Technoscapes

[READING RESPONSE] BLOG POST EXAMPLE

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Formatting Instructions: Title: [READING RESPONSE] AUTHOR’S FULL NAME Text and Notes in “paragraph” style — Your Name, Your UID in “paragraph” style Use the Chicago Style for References  Remember to tick the relevant categories (2021 blog, Lecture no. & name) and add tag (READING RESPONSE). You should do this for every blog post you make You may duplicate this post directly by going to “All Posts” on the side bar in “Dashboard” and press “Duplicate This” to follow all the formatting styles directly Find below an example of reading response from previous year: The article explores the characteristics of Hong

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Cat Links 2022 Blog, Fieldwork

[FIELDWORK] BLOG POST EXAMPLE

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Formatting Instructions: Title: [FIELDWORK] FILM NAME, SPACE/PLACE/BUILDING (e.g. [FIELDWORK] THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN, JARDINE HOUSE]) Film Name in Arial, 24pt, Bold, Cap Letters; Director’s Name and the Year of Film in “Heading 5” style Space/ Place/ Building Name, District, Hong Kong in “Heading 4” style 500-Word Text and Notes in “paragraph” style Add annotations for each image in “paragraph” style — Your Name, Your UID in “paragraph” style Use the Chicago Style for References  Remember to tick the relevant categories (2021 blog, FIELDWORK) and add tag (FIELDWORK). You should do this for every blog post you make You may duplicate

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