In lecture 5, we talked about how films foreground the infrastructure of mobility that were engineering spaces of movement commuting travel as places where dramatic events occur. And in this article, the writer introduced a new concept to me – spatial stories. Both discussions were built upon the following terms. Space, place, map, and tour. They are the simplest words however without noticing the differences, relationships, and interaction between them, I will lose the chance to watch a movie from a new perspective. Take the comparison of ‘a space and place’ to the discussion.
Normally, we think space or place is included in a story. The writer thinks oppositely. He suggests that a place is an order (of whatever kind) in accord with which elements are distributed relationships of coexistence.’ And he thinks that space exists when one takes into consideration vectors of direction, velocities, and time variables.’ Thus, 2 or more events can happen in a place, and space is required mobility to ‘active’ it. The movie here can be a great explanation of his discussion. A place can occur in a different movie. For IFC occurs in different movies, likes Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) and The Dark Knight (2008). And the mobility of the movie makes the place into space. They help to activate the movie.
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I appreciate that you weaved in direct references from de Certeau’s text in your summary of “place” and “space” although it could have been more properly cited. It would be great if you can further elaborate on the example of IFC in Tomb Raider and the Dark Knight. Other than the mobility presented different in the movies, how are different filming techniques utilised in realising “space” and “place”? You may wish to consider elements such as filming angles (close-ups, talking head, wide-angle), narrative (dialogue, monologue, voice-over), duration (time) etc. in your discussion.