Law and Film in Hong Kong, circa 1984-1997
Grant Data
Project Title
Law and Film in Hong Kong, circa 1984-1997
Principal Investigator
Professor Wan, Marco Man Ho
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
36
Start Date
2016-01-01
Amount
455560
Conference Title
Law and Film in Hong Kong, circa 1984-1997
Presentation Title
Keywords
Constitutional Law, Cultural Study of Law, Film Studies, Law and Film, Legal History
Discipline
Law
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17613915
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) The primary objective is to prepare a scholarly monograph that will make an important contribution to ‘law and film’-studies; the cultural study of law; film criticism; legal history; constitutional law; as well as the wider study of Hong Kong culture and colonial legal culture, by asking the following questions: 2) How is law represented in Hong Kong films of this period? 3) What are the benefits and pitfalls of using film as a primary source for understanding legal history? 4) In what ways does film language such as camera movement, sound, graphics and lighting contribute to a representation of law unique to the genre? 5) How might knowledge of concepts and debates in constitutional law inform our understanding of film? 6) How do films reflect, and participate in, the formation of a distinct Hong Kong identity? 7) What, ultimately, is the relationship between law and film as revealed by their interaction in this period?