12/01/2024
【✨🎬Journey to the Light】
🎥Hong Kong has recently released a highly anticipated blockbuster film that has become the talk of the city. Additionally, the 81st Golden Globe Awards have just taken place overseas. The film industry seems to be thriving this year, and there is a close connection between film and architectural design. The proportion of characters and spatial settings within the film, the continuity between each shot and scene, and the involvement of architects in computer-generated special effects to create virtual past and future worlds have all been significant trends.
Our company is fortunate to be involved in the design and renovation project of the second floor of Sunbeam Theatre. The newly added cinema features a unique 180-degree projection screen, which is exclusive to Hong Kong. The design combines nostalgia with the presentation of light and shadow in the future. By walking up the stairs to the second floor and passing through different levels of a time tunnel, the audience is taken from reality into the vibrant world of movies.
Sunbeam Theatre opened in 1972 and has a history of 51 years. As a cultural landmark of Cantonese opera in Hong Kong, it was ranked seventh on Time magazine's list of "Asia's Must-Visit Experiences" in 2009. The Cantonese opera performed at Sunbeam Theatre has been nominated for UNESCO's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, giving it international recognition. There have been reports indicating that Sunbeam Theatre may face demolition in the future, which would be a great loss.
【✨🎬光影之旅】
香港剛上映一齣大制作的電影🎥,成為城中熱話,國外亦剛舉辦了第81屆金球獎,今年的電影業似乎相當熱鬧,而電影與建築設計亦是環環相扣。電影內的人物與空間場景比例,每個畫面鏡頭之間的連繫,再者近年很多建築設計師也投入了電腦特技的製作,創造了很多虛擬的過去與未來世界。
我司有幸參與新光戲院二層的設計翻新項目,新加的電影院部份提供了一個全香港獨有的180度投影屏幕。設計結合了懷舊與未來光與影的展現。由步入走上二層的樓梯,穿過不同層次的時光隧道,帶觀眾由現實進入電影的多姿多采世界。
新光戲院於1972年開業,直至現今已擁有51年歷史,它作為香港的粵劇文化地標,2009年曾獲得「時代雜誌」選為「遊客不容錯過的亞洲體驗」第七位,新光戲院所上演的粵劇,為聯合國申報為最值得保留的人類文化遺產,擁有國際性的知名度。有報導指出,新光戲院又將面臨清拆的命運,未來或許將不復存在,未免有點可惜。
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