Cities: Living in a Machine
Cities: Living in a Machine
This film looks at some of the 1970s new living environments that are being developed to meet the incredible world population increases. It looks squarely at the problems we face in rebuilding the earth so that people can live on it. (Futurism, social science, engineering, design, predictions)
Cities: Living in a Machine
Montage of architectural models. Pan across a large model of a future city w/ moving model cars.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Aerial shot, looking down on a skyscraper. Cityscape. Line drawing of city of the future. MS of Dr. Appleton Spilhous talking to camera. More models of cities. Aerial shot of birds flying over a run down urban environment.
Cities: Living in a Machine
DO NOT USE archival footage of a factory
Cities: Living in a Machine
MS of a man sitting on the grass. CU of hands pushing some type of buttons. CU of computer. Print out as it comes out of the computer. Pan across a long line of wires. Long rows of office workers at their computers. Man using a picture phone. Pan across a huge pile of garbage. CU of flower, pull back to 3 tall buildings surrounded by open space. Architectural drawing of a futuristic city.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Architectural model of futuristic city. Kid riding a tricycle through an urban lot filled w/ garbage. Shots of slums. Graffiti on a brick wall.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Brasilia, Brazil futuristic style building. People walking up a long concrete ramp. Tall skyscrapers. VO talks about social & architectural design in Brasilia.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Model of city of the future. LS of a downtown urban environment. Man sitting on a park bench, hanging his head. Pigeon on a statue.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Reston, Virginia. Contemporary design housing, fountains, people fishing, swimming.
Cities: Living in a Machine
DO NOT USE still photo of hotel being built
Cities: Living in a Machine
Drawing of futuristic city of modular units. Aerial view of construction. Architectural model of city. People walking through a city. All of them wearing 1970s fashion.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Arizona desert. City being designed & built by Paolo Soleri. Futuristic domed buildings. Paolo Soleri sitting in a lounge chair near a pool. He talks to the camera about city designing. Model of Soleri's city.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Model of 12 man space station. Model of future city near the mountains. Model of future city on the Artic. Model of future city underwater. Model of a city built on the sea's surface. Aerial view of a harbor. Model of the future "Harbor City".
Cities: Living in a Machine
MS of a young woman on a diving board. People swimming & diving. Sailboats. People boating, swimming, water skiing.
Cities: Living in a Machine
Overlap of several faces. MS of Dr. Appleton Spilhous talking to camera. MS of construction worker. CU of boots, pan up to man sitting in the park. Looking across a huge crowd of people moving down an urban street. Model of future city.