Studios before the system : architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space / Brian R. Jacobson

By 1915, Hollywood had become the epicenter of American filmmaking, with studio "dream factories" structuring its vast production. Filmmakers designed Hollywood studios with a distinct artistic and industrial mission in mind, which in turn influenced the form, content, and business of the...

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Main Author: Jacobson, Brian R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Film and culture.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Méliès's "Glass House": cineplasticity for a human-built world -- Dark studios and daylight factories: building cinema in New York City -- Studio factories and studio cities: Paris's Cités du Cinéma and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California 
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