[FIELDWORK] ZERO TO HERO, BIG WATER PIPES

ZERO TO HERO, DIR. Jimmy Wan (2021)            Big Water Pipes, Sheung Shui District, Hong Kong Su competes with the train and successfully run faster than it. Su’s mother witnessed this exciting moment. Scenes from the Zero To Hero, 2021, directed by Jimmy Wan. Zero to Hero 媽媽的神奇小子 (2021) directed by Jimmy Wan is a film adapted from a moving story of a Hong Kong Paralympic track and field gold medalist Su Huawei’s mother-child relationship and his struggle narratives with his mother “Su Ma” 蘇媽. In this film, there is a clip of disabled athlete Su competing

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[FIELDWORK] US AND THEM, TRAIN CARRIAGE

US AND THEM; Rene Liu(刘若英), 2018 Train carriage, Dalian Us and Them tells a love story of regret. A young man and woman met on a train on their way home for the New Year. They fell in love and split up and met again ten years later.The camera moves along the aisle and film the back of the girl. The girl turns around, and the sun shines on her face. The open and narrow space in the carriage allows the conversation between the girl and the ticket inspector to be overheard by the boy. The space inside the train is characterized by a narrow

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[FIELDWORK] Godzilla vs Kong, Streets of Hong Kong Island

GODZILLA VS KONG, DIR. Adam Wingard (2021)            Streets of Hong Kong Island Godzilla vs Kong is a 2021 science fiction Kaiju film directed by Adam Wingard. The film discusses a rivalry between two ancient species of Kaijus, Godzilla and King Kong. As Kong, along with a team of scientists, undertake a journey to discover the Hollow Earth, which is speculated to be the ancestral home of Kong, Godzilla tracks Kong down numerous times throughout the course of the film, leading to a series of brutal confrontations. One of these settings that Godzilla confronts with Kong is

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[FIELDWORK] Raise The Red Lantern、Qiao’s mansion

RAISE THE RED LANTERN, DIR. ZHANG YIMOU (1991)            Qiao’s Mansion, Shanxi province, China Raise The Red Lantern is the production of director Zhang Yimou.Adapted from Su Tong’s novel “The Wives and Concubines”, the film revolves around feudal rituals and tells the story of what happens in the mansion since Songlian marries into the family. It reflects the internal conflicts of the feudal family of polygamy. The film was filmed in the Qiao’s mansion, located in Shanxi province, was built in 1756 and is divided into six courtyards with 313 houses in the shape of ‘囍’.

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[FIELDWORK] ROUGE, YI HUNG BROTHEL

ROUGE, DIR. STANLEY KWAN (1988)            Yi Hung Brothel, Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong Stanley Kwan’s ‘Rouge’ (1988) is set in 1930s Shek Tong Tsui, a prevalent red light district at the time. The Yi Hung brothel is the centerpiece. 1 It follows the unrequited love story of a sex worker, Fleur, and a wealthy master, Chan Cheung-Pang. Chan’s family does not approve of their relationship so they commit suicide together to be reunited in the afterlife. However, when Fleur does not meet Chan in the afterlife, she returns to a modern 1987 Shek Tong Tsui

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[FIELDWORK] The Dark Knight, International Financial Centre

The Dark Knight, DIR. Cristopher Nolan (2008)            International Financial Centre, Hong Kong   Batman gliding towards the International Financial Centre. Scenes from The Dark Knight, 2008, directed by Christopher Nolan. The Dark Knight (2008) is a film directed by Christopher Nolan about Police Lieutenant James Gordan, District Attorney Harvey Dent, and the Batman decide to cooperate in fighting against organized crime in Gotham City, but are threatened by the Joker, who decides to ruin the Batman’s reputation and throws the city into chaos. The International Financial Centre, an integrated commercial development located at the waterfront

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[FIELDWORK] I’M LIVIN’ IT, MCDONALD’S

I’m Livin’ It, DIR. Huang (2019)            McDonald’s Hong Kong The place where led the story which is a very commonly seen McDonald on street.   I’m livin’ it(2019) mainly tells the story of Bowen, a former financial talent, who meets all kinds of sleepers in a McDonald’s restaurant and supports each other to help get out of the trough of life. The film is led by Shen Zi who ran away from home. After the conflict in Jane’s song hall, it officially leads to the location of McDonald’s. There are all kinds of sleepers here at night. They know

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[FIELDWORK] Under the Hawthorn Tree, Baili Desert and 809 Primary School

UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE; Yimou Zhang,2010 Baili Desert and 809 Primary School Under the Hawthorn Tree was a movie by director Yimou Zhang and acted by Xiao Dou and Dongyu Zhou, it was an adaptation of the novel of the same name, the story during the “Great Cultural Revolution” and the movie showed how Jingqiu and Laosan get to know each other, fall in love and finally end with LaoSan’s death, which is a Poignant love story. The sites used in this movie are located at my hometown, Yilin District Township Baili Desert Scenic Area of Yichang City (where hawthorn

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[FIELDWORK] MY PRINCE EDWARD, GOLDEN PLAZA

MY PRINCE EDWARD, DIR. NORRIS WONG (1977)            Golden Plaza, Prince Edward, Hong Kong The appearance of the Golden Plaza. Scenes from the Golden Scene’s My Prince Edward, 2020, directed by Norris Wong.  Golden Scene released My Prince Edward in Hong Kong on April 16, 2020.1 In this film, Cheung Lei-Fong ‘Fong’ works in a wedding gown rental shop in Golden Plaza, and she is in an 8-year relationship with Edward Yan, who works as a wedding photographer in the same shopping mall. One day, Edward proposes to Fong, but Fong doesn’t know how to respond to

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[FIELDWORK] ZERO TO HERO, SHEUNG YUE RIVER BIG WATER-PIPES

Zero to Hero, DIR. Wan Chi Man Jimmy (2021)       Sheung Yue River Big Water-pipes, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong Mom So comes to find her son to talk causally on the stairs. Scenes from the Edko Film Ltd.’s Zero to Hero 2021, directed by Wan Chi Wan Jimmy. Zero to Hero (August, 2021) by Wan Chi Man Jimmy was released in Hong Kong. The setting of this film is in Hong Kong and Sheung Yue River Big Water-pipes are one of them. This is a mise-en-scene of Mom So (main female character) witnessing a miracle that So Wa Wai (main

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