Video link: https://youtu.be/SRsJUDvryl0 Designated site: Stairwells Title: Disappearing city   Theme of the video: The definition of stairwells is blurry in the modern era. Admittedly, it is still a necessary component in contemporary architecture under legal legislation. But it serves only as a “backup plan” when disaster may occur. Therefore, I asked myself, ‘When was the role of the stairwell transcribed?’. Later this became the theme throughout the research. The video is mainly taken at Tai Po Mega Mall because this is the place where I grew up. While the presence of human activities makes it a place for

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Title: Disappearing City Credits: Directed and narrated by YIQUN FANG (Music: White Cloud） Storyboard & Script： The Theme of the Video: In the days of the virus, people were confined to their homes and not allowed to go out. Without human activity, a city breathes feebly, its prosperity vanishes, and its flame vanishes. Suzhou is a beautiful city, which is located in Jiangsu Province. The city was hit with a pause button by the pandemic. All recreational facilities are closed, and all restaurants are closed. Home to 13 million permanent residents, Suzhou has been under a two-month quarantine policy. Almost

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Video footage:https://youtu.be/kQwCUiDlK6w   Theme and subject matter: Recently, the government published various policies to control the spreading of the virus while gradually forming an invisible block on people’s interactions. Hence, the video’s theme is based on shooting my living complex’s reconstructed gate during the pandemic to reflect its impacts on human life to the feature of a slow city. The theme is presented by a narrative form surrounding the gate’s complex entry procedures, including registration on personal details, visiting purpose and location, showing the individual China mainland’s health code, and testing the temperature. Also, other components such as gate’s extra

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YouTube link: https://youtu.be/9_FRGexkoUg Theme and Subject Matter: I want to show the control city through the playground in two ways. One is pandemic control. On April 7th, there were three new local confirmed COVID cases and one local asymptomatic infection in Guangzhou. Therefore, despite citywide nucleic acid testing and community closure, schools are also on lockdown because of government policy. In this case, students cannot go to school, and there is no one over the playground for weeks. The playground that used to have laughter is now deserted. Even after they can go back to school, students are forced to

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