Venkata Revanth AnanthaAdvisor: Lisa Landrum

FILM AND ARCHITECTUREcinematic passages and tresholds

ABSTRACTFilm and architecture are similar. Both involve space, movement and me. Architecture is one of the great hinges on which the world of the film turns. Architecture and film are works of art, but they also inspire creave art pracces.

Space and me Space and me can be related to each other beaufully when it comes to film and architecture. They both engage the viewer, one by projecng moving images while the viewer is sll, the other by being sll while the viewer moves. Both architecture and film play an important role in influencing how we physically and imaginavely interact with the world around us.

This thesis intends to invesgate the interplay of film and architecture by following two paths.

The fiThe first involves studying the spaal depth, narrave sequence and camera movement through two films, “The cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” by Peter Greenaway [1989], and “Rear Window” by Hitchcock [1954]. In addion to a comparave analysis through drawing and model studies, the design research involves the creaon of a new film interpreng spaal depth, sequence, and movement through spaces on campus.

The seThe second research path involves, developing an architectural proposal that consists of a collage of different programs, including a film school, cinema, a mul-media experimentaon centre and other public programs in downtown Winnipeg. The focus lies on the queson of how the architecture of film can be reinterpreted as filmic architecture. The project aims to enhance the experience of each art and deepen people's experience of the city as a whole.

BBy researching film techniques and invesgang their applicaon in an architectural project, this thesis intends to invent a design methodology that intertwines space and movement. The project will create a sequence of smulang spaces with embedded meanings to be experienced by a cast of common characters as they interact with the building.