Monday 6 December 2010
Saturday 4 December 2010
SPACE BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE AND THE SCREEN
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HAROLD LLOYD
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies.Harold Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies", between 1914 and 1947. He is best known for his "Glasses Character", a resourceful, success-seeking go-getter who was perfectly in tune with 1920s era America.His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats, for which he is best remembered today. Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street in Safety Last! (1923) is one of the most enduring images in all of cinema. Lloyd did many of these dangerous stunts himself, despite having injured himself in 1919 during the filming of Haunted Spooks when an accident with a prop bomb resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger of his right hand (the injury was disguised on film with the use of a special prosthetic glove, though the glove often did not go by unnoticed).Although Lloyd's individual films were not as commercially successful as Charlie Chaplin's on average, he was far more prolific (releasing twelve feature films in the 1920s while Chaplin released just three), and made more money overall ($15.7 million to Chaplin's $10.5 million).
MAN ON WIRE
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Man on Wire is a 2008 British documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Philippe Petit's book, To Reach the Clouds, recently released in paperback with the new title Man on Wire. The title of the movie is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance had lasted for almost one hour. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside reenactments (with Paul McGill as the young Petit) and present-day interviews with the participants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_on_Wire
VERTIGO
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Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The film was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac. A retired police detective, who has acrophobia, is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Southern Ridges, Singapore
The Southern Ridges (Chinese: 南部山脊) is a 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) trail that connects parks along the southern ridge of Singapore. Some of the attractions along this trial include its greenery and the connecting bridges. This project linked up the parks between the West Coast Park and HarbourFront. The idea to link these parks were coined in 2002 by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and it took 2 years to complete and cost S$25.5 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ridges
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Blackpool Tower, Lancashire
The Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 158m. The Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.The tower can be seen from most places within a 30-mile (48 km) radius including Barrow-in-Furness, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Southpor. It is a Grade 1 listed building.
Construction
The idea for the tower came when Blackpool Mayor John Bickerstaffe commissioned the design of a new landmark for the town after he visited the Great Paris Exhibition in 1889 and was impressed by the Eiffel Tower. When he returned to Blackpool he set up a committee of businessmen in order to raise the funds to build a similar design in the town.
He invested £2,000 of his own money to form, with other local investors, the Blackpool Tower Company Limited, registered on 19 February 1891.
Two Lancashire architects, James Maxwell and Charles Tuke, designed the Tower and oversaw the laying of its foundation stone, on 29 September 1891 with a time capsule buried beneath it. By the date the Tower finally opened on 14 May 1894, both men had died. The total cost for the design and construction of the tower and buildings was about £290,000. Five million bricks, 2,500 tonnes of iron and 93 tonnes of cast steel were used to construct the tower. The cast steel and iron are distributed in such a way that if it did ever collapse it would fall into the sea.
Unlike the Eiffel Tower, Blackpool Tower is not free-standing. Its base is hidden by the building which houses Blackpool Tower Circus. The building occupies a total of 5,050 sq metres (6,040 sq yards). At the summit of the tower there is a flagpole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Tower
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Willis Tower Skydeck, Chicago
Willis Tower is strategically located on Wacker Drive in the heart of the West Loop, Chicago’s premier submarket and home to its largest corporations and commuter rail stations. Completed in early 1973, Willis Tower is an attractive and contemporary 110-story trophy office tower consisting of steel columns and beams in a “mega-module” system. The building contains approximately 3.8 million rentable square feet (“RSF”) including approximately 159,000 RSF of retail space. The Property also features a 160-car executive parking garage accessible from Franklin Street. Other amenities include a world-class broadcast platform, tallest skydeck, full-service conference center, fitness facility, and exceptional technology features.
Completed May 3, 1973, Willis Tower rises to a height to 1,450 feet and is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the Chicago skyline and in the world. The building held the record for the world’s tallest building for 25 years until the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia were built in 1998.
In 1982, the antennas added to the building increased its total height to 1,704 feet. In 2000, one of the building’s antennas was extended to 1,729 feet, making it the world’s tallest building to the tip of its antenna. The building held this title until early 2009 when Burj Dubai topped out at over 2,600 feet, making it the tallest man-made structure ever built.
Designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Sears, Roebuck & Company, the world’s largest retailer at the time, the 3.8 million RSF building is the preeminent office address in Chicago and one of the premier properties in the world. The Willis Tower provides an exceptional West Loop location, unparalleled views from all of the property’s highly efficient floors and unmatched prestige.
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CN Tower, Canada
Glass Floor
The Facts:
Thickness: 2 ½ "
Size of each panel: 42" by 50"
Layers from the top down:
■ 3/16 " scuff plate (replaced annually)
■ Two ½ " layers of clear tempered glass, laminated together
■ A one inch layer of air (for insulation)
■ Two ¼ " layers of clear tempered glass, laminated together
Load tests are performed annually on each panel to ensure safety
TEST YOUR NERVE!
With a view 1,122' straight down, even those not afraid of heights
might need a little help. Think you can handle it? Wait till you get
here and see if you feel the same way.
The Glass Floor has been specifically designed for you to have fun
on it, so walk or crawl across it, sit on it or even jump on it.
Don't worry it won't break.
The floor is 256 square feet of solid glass that is five times stronger
than the required weight bearing standard for commercial floors. It can
actually withstand the weight of 14 large hippos.
Also on this level, be sure to check out the Outdoor Observation Level.
Feel the breeze at 342m (1,122') above the ground.
http://www.cntower.ca/plan_your_visit/attractions/glass_floor/
Landscape Promontory, Switzerland
Landscape Promontory is a high scenery platform designed by Paolo Burgi as a part of Cardada project, a revitalization of the mountain Cardada that expected to be completed in 2010. The corridor is made of iron and titanium leads to a platform overlooking the scene Lago Maggiore. Not only the sights that can be enjoyed by visitors. The symbols in the tile and the written description information on the platform railing to offer references and literary history.
http://www.europetraveldestinations.com/amazing-scenery-in-landscape-promontory-switzerland.html
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