https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDkcyW52655eKbKavbW5779qhId0Jr5I/view?usp=sharing The movie titled “Police Story,” which was released in 1985 is a Hong Kong action comedy crime film created by and starring Jackie Chan. It is known for its highly dangerous but one of the best stunts.  What is interesting is that this film was not written the way normal Hollywood screenwriters work. Instead of relying on the creativity of the screenwriters to create the plot elements of a film, this film: the police story, was structured around a list of props and locations, such as a shopping mall,  village,  bus, and more. Through this, the film was able

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Transcript: #Introduction [Georgy] Hi, everyone. Hi. My name is Georgy Valencio and I’m Ian Anthony Wijono. Here today, we’re going to discuss and review about the Johnny English Reborn film. We’re going to discuss about the architectural style, especially in the Hong Kong area, which is the buildings and the style and stuff. We’re going to compare what is the difference between the style in the film and which is produced in the 2011 and how is the condition in reality right now, we also going to discuss the function or purpose why the producer choose that place for the

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Zhang Tianhao: Hello everyone welcome to our podcast of our group for CCHU 9034, my name is Zhang Tianhao and this is my groupmate. Yuan Jintian: Hi everyone, my name is Yuan Jintian. Zhang Tianhao: let’s start. Yuan Jintian:ok Yuan Jintian: can you share some basic information about the architecture we analyzed in the report? Zhang Tianhao: Sure We analyze the Central-Mid-Level Escalator which appeared in the film Chungking Express. The Central-Mid-Level Escalator, opened in 1993, starts from the Hang Seng Bank Headquarters building connected to the Central footbridge system and runs from Central Market and the terminus at Conduit

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Script: AMY: Hello and welcome to our podcast. We’re your host and I’m Amy. GHASSAN: I am Ghassan. Today we’re going to talk about the movie Rouge. Rouge is a romantic film released in Hong Kong in 1988. The film is based on a novel written by the author Li Bihua. AMY: First, let me briefly introduce the author. Li Bihua was born and raised in Hong Kong. She grew up living in old buildings with tall roofs and wooden stairs and heard many old personal struggles. This environment provided her with materials and inspiration for her creation. Would you

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  Introduction   A: Hello, everyone; today we will introduce the movie The Mission (1999), which was known as one of the best action movies in Hong Kong movie history, directed by Johnnie To. And we will focus on one specific architecture –– the Lok Hau Fook Restaurant.   B: The film told about five highly-skilled gunmen being recruited as bodyguards to protect an underground triad boss from mysterious killers. Throughout the mission, a sense of brotherhood has grown between them. However, the leader of the team, Curtis, was demanded by the boss to execute the youngest of the five.

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  Synopsis: Love in the Buff is a Hong Kong romance film directed by Pang Ho-cheung, written by Pang Ho-Cheung and Bird Yin, starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue. The publication date was March 25, 2010. The narrative of Cheung Chi-ming (Shawn Yue) and Yu Chun-jiao (Miriam Yeung), two smokers who fall in love in a back alley while Hong Kong is a smoke-free city, is followed in the movie.   Script: Fang Tianran: This video is to describe a classic scene in the movie ‘Love in a Puff’, which is also the only place in Hong Kong named after a

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