Architects of Time Production Notes

Building the Idea

From concept through deployment, this is how The Architects of Time interactive video tour of Art Deco buildings and their history was created.

FACT:
100% of the travel involved in making this project in Los Angeles was done on public transportation via METRO.

1. Pre Production:

Research, Writing, Planning

The concept was to create an interactive documentary series covering some of the beautiful Art Deco Architecture in Los Angeles and demenstrate how the design of that architecture was influenced srongly by the emerging dependence of society on the automobile.

The challenges that confronted the project were few but the biggest challenge, that of no budget to work with, proved difficult to overcome.

The first step was to choose the buildings which would be covered in the Documentary. First the building had to qualify as Art Deco. By using resources on-line including The LA Conservancy and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles I was able to locate a number of buildings throughout LA.

The next step invoved some footwork, for each of the buildings were visited (this was all done using public transportation) and analyzed as to wether they could be videotaped. Some are now obstructed by Advertising logos, some have been altered drastically from their original design, and in some cases, the buildings have sadly been demolished.

The available buildings were then researched for facts, figures and images. (a wealth of which were found on the Los Angeles Public Libraries Database) A short script was then written highlighting several key aspects of each building in relation to the over-all theme of the project.

The project was now ready for filming to begin.

2. Production: Shooting the Buildings