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YasminAfshar
Film/SpaceSoSe2015
AmericanStudiesBA
ResponsepapertoCinetecture:Film,ArchitectureandNarrativity
Ihavemixedfeelingsaboutthisessay.Ittriestocomparecitiesandtheirarchitecture
withfilmsandthususesthesamelanguageusedforexplainingthesetupofafilmto
ascribeanarrativetoacity.IcanrelatetothatideaifwethinkofcitieslikeParisandits
EiffelTower,whichstandsforloveandromance,orNewYorkwithitsbusystreetsand
highrisingSkyscrapers,whichstandformodernity,capitalism,thefutureetc..
Buteventhentheyaretoocomplexandbuiltupofsomanydifferentobjectsandpeople
dependentonanincomprehensibleamountofvariables,thatIdonotthinkitispossible
tofigureoutonecoherentcomprehensiblenarrativeforanyonecity.
WhatIhavetoagreewithisthefactthatarchitectureisbestportrayedinfilmandnotin
photosbeingabletowatchacontinuousfilmofabuildingfrommultipleperspectives
givesthebestimpressionofsize,surroundingsandactualgeometryofthebuilding.
ActuallynowthatIthinkofit,itcanalsohavethequiteoppositeeffect,ifonlyapartofa
buildingisshownandmaybeevenfromaweirdperspective,likethephotoofthe
liverpoolcitycentre,itisveryhardtogetanideaofhowthebuildingactuallylooksand
howitfitsintothecity.