http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml Updates from the front lines of the filmmaking process. http://www.archiculturefilm.com/graphics/north%20arrow/north-arrow-50x50.gif http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml http://www.archiculturefilm.com/graphics/xml/slideshow.jpg http://www.archiculturefilm.com/photos.shtml 395 315 http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#08AUG2009/ RSVP now to the event which will be held Sept. 2nd at the Center for Architecture in NYC. We've got a lot in store for the party such as a Roundtable Discussion on Architectural Education vs. The Professional Practice, band performance by The Dirty Urchins, a live DJ set by Tim "Love" Lee, and of course an OPEN BAR with lots of free guest giveaways. A few new Tshirts will be available along with new button designs. Should be a blast! So tell your friends and RSVP now to make sure you won't get turned away like last year's event.

More event details here. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:15:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#06AUG2009/ We've posted new photos from recent interviews with John Cary of Public Architecture on the recently completed Highline and with New York based Architect Audrey Matlock at her office. Both provided amazing content for the film which may also get into this new trailer... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:35:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#21JUL2009/ This month has been hectic to say the least. We've been busy shooting all the footage of this year's AIANY Heritage Ball Video which the financial proceeds will be used for the film's final editing fees. We've also continued to gather footage for the film by interviewing local Architect, Audrey Matlock (photos coming soon) and shooting scenes for the upcoming trailer intro sequence which will premier Sept. 2nd at a big Benefit Bash at the Center for Architecture in NYC. Sign up here to get an invitation when details are available. The event planning team of Carlos Feliz and Barbie Steffen have been busy coordinating all the fun stuff we have in store for the event - roundtable discussion, DJ, band, beer, wine, food, green carpet, premier, etc. Lots of new tshirts for sale and other give-away items to be handed out to the crowd. Can't wait to release this trailer and party with you all! Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:35:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#02JUL2009/ What happened to June! Well for starters our production company, Arbuckle Industries, moved into a new studio space. David and I also took a little time off to venture home to see family and friends, and to let them know we exist beyond this website. We have also been busy gearing up for our September 2nd, Trailer Premier Benefit just confirmed at the Center for Architecture in NYC. So mark your calendars and keep an eye for RSVP details soon. The Archiculture team has also grown to include the talents of Carlos Feliz and David Kuykendall. You can read about it all in our latest newsletter and subscriber here to stay up to date with the film's progression.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:25:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#22MAY2009/ In our continued attempt to open the film to a broader audience and diversity our interview base we sat down with Sway Calloway (interview photos) from MTV this past week to discuss architecture and the significance it holds within our current cultural landscape. Like our interviews with politicians, such as Mayor Joe Riley, and musicians, such as David Byrne, Sway opened the dialogue of architecture. Sway discussed how the built environment shaped his own upbringing in urban Oakland as a kid and how it has evolved along with his maturation as a musical pillar. Sway was able to explicitly illustrate architecture's impact upon modern society by placing it into contemporary cultural perspective with such things as music and sport. Keep an eye out for a few Raw Blog Clips to be posted in the coming months. A big thanks goes out to Dionysios's brother Nick for getting us the contact and setting up the interview with his good friend Sway Calloway... especially after he arrived on a red-eye flight from LA.

Fri, 22 May 2009 03:05:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#14MAY2009/ David and I have just completed our second director's cut of the footage. After receiving our production editor, Pierce Cook's, 25 hour cut in September. David and I started our own editing process with the footage. We began with a total of 160+ hours of footage last October and have since cut it to 80 hours in January and now to 45 hours in May. We will continue with a 3rd cut throughout the summer and by fall will have a 20-25 hour cut to move ahead with a final editor. The goal is a completed 80 minute feature by mid 2010.

For now we celebrate this small benchmark in the filmmaking process. Tomorrow we continue to edit and work towards our new trailer to be released late this summer. Thu, 14 May 2009 14:40:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#28APR2009/ Just posted a few new photos of our editing studio. Please excuse the mess but we spend countless hours at these desks. Check them out here.

We also just sent out our April Newsletter to all our subscribers. It highlights our plans for a new Trailer release this summer, recent and upcoming interviews, depth of new music received, and planned Archiculture Commercials to be shot this Summer. You can subscribe here to get on the list for next month's update. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:40:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#17APR2009/ Got a few interviews coming up with architects, designers and special others. We are quickly trying to grab a few more critical quotes, faces and names together to use towards our upcoming trailer which will be released this summer. Details will be coming for the big blow out party. We caught up with our friend and past interviewee Peter Lippman this week for further commentary. You will definitely hear some of that in the trailer while photos from our shoot at the Center for Architecture will be up in the next few days. I know most of you have seen our "Pre-Trailer" on the site currently but we are getting giddy to finally create a comprehensive piece which showcases our five student characters, the subplot topics discuss through their projects and drop a serious hook for the film. We hope you all finally get a real sense of the breadth and storyline from this film as we ramp up energy towards release in early 2010. Getting close! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:40:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#08APR2009/ We have been actively pursuing freelance work since production wrapped last May with the students' graduation. This work has provided continued funds to keep the project moving in the modern depressed economy because fundraising has dried to a trickle. Well today marks a biggie. Our production company has just been awarded the 2009 Heritage Ball Video project through the AIANY chapter. The funds made from this gig will provide much of the money needed to pay the the final cut editor. If we can't find the funds through grants, individuals or firms then we just have to work for it. if they are horrible or great. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:45:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#31MAR2009/ With some late night, coast-to-coast final tweaks by our web guru, Doug Havens we are able to unveil our new online home for the project. We’ve attempted to simplify navigation while adding a lot of new content such as profiles for our student characters (their thesis projects coming soon), backgrounds on our key interviewees, FAQs, a press kit and press subscription, a download tab with backgrounds, banners and posters, and a street team page. Have a look around and let us know what you think. Shoot us an email if you have any comments, even if they are horrible or great. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:45:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#24MAR2009/ We have shifted our focus on our blog away from the students and their studio lives to some of the key interviews we have captured to date. Head over now to see Raw Clips from:
Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston, SC
Thom Mayne of Morphosis
Maurice Cox from the NEA and UVa

To come...
Zaha Hadid
Phil Bernstein from Autodesk
David Byrne from Talking Heads
Shigeru Ban

And for pure enjoyment:
Man of Action (1955) - An animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to “redevelop” American city centers. David found this doing some archive footage research.

Archiculturefilm.com 2.0 is set to launch next week when we send out our March Newsletter. Sign up to get our monthly updates and see all the new stuff we've added to the website. Way easier navigation too! Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:40:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#17MAR2009/ Photos are up from last week's shoot with one of our main student characters Michael before he headed back to Dubai for work. Check them out on our photos page. For all you video and/or photography nuts out there, notice the quality on these shots. They were taken from our new Canon 5D mark 2. Video clips form this new hybrid still/video camera should be up in the next few weeks.

I am heading to Chicago this afternoon to shoot the Converge : Exchange Conference being co-hosted by a supporting organization of the film, ADPSR. I will attempt to catch up with and get interviews of our old friends Bryan Bell of Design Corps and John Cary of Public Architecture while documenting the local socially engaging design work being highlighted at the event. I will also attempt to make some connections at the Chicago Architecture Foundation and meet up with fellow architects-turned-filmmakers Adam, Ian and Mike from Spirit of Space while in town for a few days. Follow our twitter for updates during the the journey. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:55:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#11MAR2008/ We caught up with an old friend of ours last Friday the architect and seasoned professor, Terry Heinlein. Many of you will remember him from our pre-trailer when he said, "everytime you walk down a corridor, everytime you walk from the outside to the inside, everytime you move through a doorway, everytime you sit down in a space, you're being effected by the space." We received a lot of strong positive reactions to this piece and thought we would follow up with Terry while he was in NYC last week. Photos from his interview infront of the Flatiron Building are up now. For all you photographers and filmmaking nuts out there we used our new Canon 5D mark 2 to shoot these photos along with taking some beautiful secondary HD video shots.

Today also marks another day where we shadow one of our 5 main student characters to get more high quality B-roll footage of them around the city. We'll be following Michael around all day before he jet-sets back to Dubai for work. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:30:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#04MAR2009/ We shot an interview at the 5th Avenue Apple Store here in New York this past Tuesday with Peter Bohlin. Peter is one of the founding members of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, who has been the chosen firm by Apple to design all their prototype retail stores. We got some great quotes from Peter discussing the importance and quality of urban space upon people and what it is like to work with a client like Steve Jobs and Apple. His extensive list of built work and lineage back to studying at Cranbrook under Eero Saarinen provide a great depth of experiences to draw from for content for the film. This interview should prove invaluable for our general audience to associate one of the highest profile and recognizable brands in the world, Apple with the architecture and urban spaces they create. Photographs from the interview and last week's Opportunities Fair are now up on our photos page. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:40:00 EST http://www.archiculturefilm.com/news.shtml#24FEB2009/ Sorry for the late notice but we've been invited to host a table for the film at tomorrow's Opportunities Fair at the Center for Architecture. If you are in New York, we hope you can stop by and say hello during the 2 hour lunchtime event. We will be looking to find fellow designers who can lend a hand, collaborate with, lead a task or even join the street team. We've got lots of holes to fill as we ramp up energy towards the film's release date and hope we find some inspired folks tomorrow.

For further details check out the event's posting on the Center's website which also list the other great groups that will be present. Check out photos from the trip, over on our Photos page. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:15:00 EST