Dear Lars
A good starting point could be the Futurama exhibition at Tomorrow's World - the New York World Fair (1939-40). Designed by Bel Geddes, Futurama was a 36,000 square-foot scale model of America in 1960, complete with futuristic homes, urban complexes, bridges, dams, surrounding landscape, and an advanced highway system. Some resources available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cO9X4NMb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7dT2HId-c
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-12/ff_futurama_original
Perhaps tangential to your request, but I recently came across a video by Chris Woebken who had put together a collection of corporate visions of the future. These use people as central characters in the narrative but focus upon products and services rather than urban planning. It is available at:
http://www.chriswoebken.com/ikki_futures.html
Hope these are of interest.
M
Dr. Martyn Evans
Senior Lecturer: Design
Lancaster University
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Subject: Narrative film in urban design/planning
Dear all,
I am looking for examples/case of narrative film being used to present urban design/planning. Specifically I am interested in examples, if there are, where stories about some personas'/characters' lives in the proposed urban area are used to illustrate future activities/structures. There are, of course, numerous examples of animations, 3D renderings and "fly over" ariels that display buildings, sometimes showing people. What I am looking for are examples where the persons everyday is used to tell the story of future urban development rather than when people are just part of presenting a building or an area. It is likely that the story is centering the person(s) rather than the area.
I am not sure I am expressing this sufficiently well, but I hope your are able to make sense of the question.
The reason for asking is that we are making such a film in planning/designing the relocation of Malmberget town but we haven't been able to find any similar films, at least not on the internet.
Best regards,
Lars
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