Four Cities: Fluothia, Awuli, Willa, and Calisandra
Abstract
This project is composed of an experimental film and an artist statement that aims
to discuss the nature and perception of city based on the film. The experimental film
is a combination of creative writing inspired by Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities
(1972), cinematic language, animated presentation, and authentic soundtrack. The making
of this film starts with the creation, decontextualization, and reconstruction of
travel footage and hand-drawn animations. Following the visual is the composition
of acoustic expression, which features the diversity of sound effect and ambient
mood, as well as solo and duet narrations. The film translates the creative writing
about the description of fictional cities into visual representation by a variety
of cinematographic methods – such as camera movement, animation transition, and ambiance
creation. Being an open-ended creative project, it seeks to provide an immersive environment
for the viewer to rethink the perception of cities.
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Master's thesisDepartment
Graduate Liberal StudiesSubject
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16678Citation
Zhang, Alta Zhuyun (2018). Four Cities: Fluothia, Awuli, Willa, and Calisandra. Master's thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16678.Collections
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