FIELD TRIP 2 – [ The Tram ]

Unexpected angle – looking up

FOLLOWING THE TRAM LINE

When we board a tram, we usually just stare below eye level, observing the happenings on the streets. Seldom do we look up, panning our lenses towards the sky. The tram is one of the slowest transportations in the city, which enables passengers to observe the gradual transition from poverty to prosperity through tracking the skyline.

When the route started in Kennedy Town, the buildings were short and obsolete, with most of the blue sky being visible. However, as the tram glides into the commercial areas, the sky is slowly buried by the dense skyscrapers and tall buildings. Simply by lifting our heads, the city is presented to us in a new point of view. 

Panning camera, dynamic objects

As the tram moves on slowly, the camera captures seemingly unremarkable but interesting scenes of people and architecture that piece up the city.

FRAMING

By framing, we are watching closely through the fences as trams come and go, as day replaces night. 

slow motion

Following the light as it travels in slow motion.

unexpected angle – bird’s eye

Looking at people boarding and hopping off trams from right above them, watching as the arrows on the road disappear.

By Amelie Chan 

1 thought on “FIELD TRIP 2 – [ The Tram ]

  1. Kenrick says:

    Nice focus at not just the skyline but the roof part of the buildings, as it actually reflects the building history, social-economic needs and corresponding building regulations of HK along the tramline.
    Good slow motion to capture the markets along the way.
    Quite successful slow motion to show how the urban fabrics affect the shading condition inside the tram, could be a powerful urban analysis using the light and shadows inside the tram as an indicator! Keep the synergy to discover more filming methods as an analytical tool for the urban city.

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