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New Orleans in Transition: The Interactive Delivery of a Cinematic Case Study

Davenport G

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August 1987

Revised from remarks given at the International Congress for Design Planning and Theory, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, 1987

Abstract

How does a city change? New Orleans in Transition, 1983-1986 is a 3-hour cinematic case study or urban change and design negotiation. The edited film is being released as a videodisc set and can be played linearly or accessed interactively in a workstation environment. In the interactive mode, students and researchers will be able to selectively view movie sequences. At any time during the viewing session they can pause, take notes and review support material such as maps, architectural plans, personal or site dossiers, reports, and other relevant data. The intent of this enhanced cinematic experiment is to deepen the understanding of the subject matter and to provide students and researchers with the ability to explore the case-study material in relation to their particular interests. The first interactive implementation of this movie will take place in an introductory Urban Planning course at MIT this fall.

http://mf.media.mit.edu/pubs/conference/CinematicCase.pdf