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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[READING RESPONSE] ROLAND BARTHES

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The article – “Leaving the Movie Theater” by Roland Barthes clearly articulates his view of the cinematic experience as hypnosis and makes a comparison with a television experience.  Movie theatres are special and unique in many ways. Most importantly, they are filled with “darkness”. The emptiness draws the crowd’s focus to the screen. In addition, with multidimensional audio, the audience would be fully immersed in the cinematic world through sense stimulation, mainly sight and hearing. Thus, the viewers would hear what the characters hear and see what they see.  On the contrary, televised programs or streamed content are usually viewed

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 4: Everyday Spaces as Narrative

[READING RESPONSE] Spatial Stories by Michael De Certeau

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Kan Nok Ming Valerie (3036233483) The author has addressed concepts like ‘everyday tactics’, ‘place and space’, ‘boundaries and frontier’ through explaining their meaning and making differentiation between elements being superficially similar. The fact that “space is a practiced place” as stated in page 117 extends to the meanings that a place becomes a space when there is operations and mobility. This provokes my thoughts that it also applies to one’s memory. While the territory with memories is bounded with barriers and frontiers, the memory tied in the place functions as a catalyst rather than solely a backdrop to transform itself

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[Reading Response]-Urban Cinema And The Cultural Identity of Hong Kong by Leung Ping-Kwan

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Yinghong Gao – 303627529  Leung discussed whether Hong Kong (HK) developed its own cultural identity through a series of movies from the 1950s to 1990s. I would like to use films from the 60s to the 70s to demonstrate that HK developed its own cultural identity. In the 60s, there was an influx of Western culture, and the young generation endorsed Western fashion, which also influenced the movies in HK. Especially after the conflict between the working class and the colonial government in 1967, the government intended to present a Westernized version of HK. However, I believe HK movies were still

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[Reading Response] Leaving The Movie Theatre

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Every time visiting to the cinema, are we only going for the plot or visual effect (car chasing, explosion, etc.) ? Some might say yes , but that won’t be different from watching at home then. As what have been elaborated in the reading, Roland mentioned that anonymity, darkness and ambiguity are those major elements composing the cinematography hypnosis. Immerse oneself in the dark, although perceiving the existence of other audience, we cannot actually realize it. Since dark has merely covered up our vision, making us focusing on the screen. Unlike watching at home, there won’t be your beloved cat

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 2: Filming the Asian City

Reading response for L2 (Lee,1999)

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This article intricately explores the symbiosis between urban spaces and cinematic narratives, particularly in the context of Shanghai’s architectural and urban development. Firstly, the depiction of modern architecture as a cinematic backdrop not only frames the urban milieu but also elevates the city itself into a narrative entity. This portrayal goes beyond mere setting, embedding the city’s evolving identity within the storyline, thereby reflecting and influencing perceptions of urbanity. The narrative of urban life through everyday spaces is another compelling aspect. Through the cinematic lens, these spaces become arenas where the drama of ordinary lives unfolds, offering a visceral connection

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Cat Links Lecture 4: Everyday Spaces as Narrative

[Reading Response] Michel de Certeau: Spatial Stories

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This chapter shows how people use space to construct narrative structures and shape their experiences. He also argues that ‘every story is a travel story—-a spatial practice’, and spatial stories are crucial for people to navigate and understand the world. The author wrote about differences in space and place, map and tour, and boundaries and frontiers. The writer first mentioned that spatial practices concern everyday tactics, and the writer emphasizes the importance of mobility. Movement constructs spatial stories, in particular, walking. Through these movements, people can organize their paths to make journeys and thus create new narratives, which are more

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Cat Links Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[Reading response] – Leaving the Movie Theatre by Roland Barthes

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Yueming LI (Michael) [3036260462] The article illustrates the speaker’s habits, leading to a discussion of cinema. The author describes that the word “cinema” makes him think of the architecture instead of the film content on show. This highlights the importance of place, space, and setting of the cinema, it is crucial in capturing and captivating the audience. By showing the film in a dark setting, the film becomes the only visible thing, eliminating any distracting visuals and enabling the audience to concentrate on the film. Furthermore, the author compares how different settings affect the perception of film content, using the

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[READING RESPONSE] ROLAND BARTHES: Leaving the Movie Theater

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This passage mainly discuss the role of cinema when people are watching films, theoretically explain that the darkness environment can provide people with relaxation and self-preoccupation. The author analyzed his state when watching films. Interestingly, he points out a mode of watching: having two bodies and being fascinated twice. According to the text, there are two sources of fascination for watching films in cinema. One is the surroundings associated with the perverse body; another is the image associated with the narcissistic body. Here, I want to focus mainly on the surroundings. The author put forward a concept as a cinema

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[Reading Response] Eunice Seng

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The paper discusses the film ‘In the Mood for Love’. I believe that this film is able to show us the multifaceted roles backgrounds and settings play where in it, sets are utilised to emphasise the moods and to inform of this idea of temporality. Characters often interact with the same places and sets. This sort of continuous one-after-another play between them and the surroundings creates a perpetual movement within those places. Without its inhabitants, these places seem like photographs, stills almost. The stillness is elevated by the choice of camera techniques. Slow motion and long continuous shots create a

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[Reading Response 1] Spatial Stories by De Certeau

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Spatial Stories by De Certeau discusses the difference between tour and map, as well as spaces and places. I believe that these components ultimately form diverse narratives, and influence how an individual interprets an architectural space. A “map” shows the places of each element in the area and their exact location, illustrating how the surrounding environment looks like. Meanwhile, “tours” is the experience of people exploring space, and is more subjective. When we are navigating through a space, it is impossible to experience the whole space at the same time. Our perception is limited to our field of view. We

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