Today, we tend to think of digital technology when we talk of making cities "intelligent". But as Shannon Mattern (of NYC's The New School) argues in a new book, cities have been intelligent for millenia through forms like signage, grafitti, community norms, and even the tacit knowledge of the animals that live there. Cities are increasingly turning abandoned industrial land into successful, innovative parks. This film examines some of the highest-profile conversion projects in Toronto and New York City, highlighting the rationale behind these conversions, the challenges involved in designing them, and the difficult issues — like funding, accessibility, benefit sharing — that come with them. In built form, Toronto looks at first glance like many other large North American cities. But up close, the city reflects the various and often conflicting urban planning and urban design ideas that shaped it. "Toronto made, Toronto found" explores how the city came to look like it does today -- and the processes likely to determine its future form.
Ian M.
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Documentary DP
Video Editor - Documentary
Sound Designer
Equipment
Video
- DSLR or equivalent
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Shoulder rig
About Ian
Ian Garrick Mason is an independent filmmaker, photographer, and essayist. He has produced short documentaries on topics like film festivals, resume "whitening", blockchain and finance, intelligent cities, and urban planning philosophies (a piece which was featured by Canadian Architect), as well as filming an ongoing series of stylized interview-documentaries on actors and visual artists. Ian's photography concentrates on fashion, portraits, and the personalities of cities. He is a contributing editor at Barcelona-based urbanNext, and as a freelance journalist he has written on politics and culture for publications like The Times Literary Supplement, The Boston Globe, The Walrus, and The New Statesman. Ian is the founding editor of SCOPE, a global magazine of ideas, culture, and emerging talent, and managing director of Hassard Fay, a firm that helps organizations develop ideas-based creative content through videos, infographics, and other formats.
Top Projects
urbanNext -- The Intelligence of Cities
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Sound Designer
Today, we tend to think of digital technology when we talk of making cities "intelligent". But as Shannon Mattern (of NYC's The New School) argues in a new book, cities have been intelligent for millenia through forms like signage, grafitti, community norms, and even the tacit knowledge of the animals that live there.
Park People -- Something New from Something Old
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Sound Designer
Cities are increasingly turning abandoned industrial land into successful, innovative parks. This film examines some of the highest-profile conversion projects in Toronto and New York City, highlighting the rationale behind these conversions, the challenges involved in designing them, and the difficult issues — like funding, accessibility, benefit sharing — that come with them.
Canadian Architect -- Toronto Made, Toronto Found
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Sound Designer
In built form, Toronto looks at first glance like many other large North American cities. But up close, the city reflects the various and often conflicting urban planning and urban design ideas that shaped it. "Toronto made, Toronto found" explores how the city came to look like it does today -- and the processes likely to determine its future form.
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- Content Strategist
Production Support
- Fashion Photographer
- Digital Content Creator
- Corporate Videographer
- Documentary DP
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- Sound Designer
- Graphic Designer
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Video Editor - Documentary
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