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Studios Before the System : Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Film and Culture SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231539661
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Studios Before the SystemDDC classification:
  • 791.430973
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.U6 J225 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Studios and Systems -- 1. Black Boxes and Open-Air Stages: Film Studio Technology and Environmental Control from the Laboratory to the Rooftop -- 2. Georges Méliès's "Glass House": Cineplasticity for a Human-Built World -- 3. Dark Studios and Daylight Factories: Building Cinema in New York City -- 4. Studio Factories and Studio Cities: Paris's Cités du Cinéma and the Inconsistency of Modernity -- 5. The Studio Beyond the Studio: Nature, Technology, and Location in Southern California -- Conclusion: More Than "Dream Factories" -- Notes -- Films Cited -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the System expands the social and cultural footprint of cinema's virtual worlds and their contribution to wider developments.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Studios and Systems -- 1. Black Boxes and Open-Air Stages: Film Studio Technology and Environmental Control from the Laboratory to the Rooftop -- 2. Georges Méliès's "Glass House": Cineplasticity for a Human-Built World -- 3. Dark Studios and Daylight Factories: Building Cinema in New York City -- 4. Studio Factories and Studio Cities: Paris's Cités du Cinéma and the Inconsistency of Modernity -- 5. The Studio Beyond the Studio: Nature, Technology, and Location in Southern California -- Conclusion: More Than "Dream Factories" -- Notes -- Films Cited -- Bibliography -- Index.

The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the System expands the social and cultural footprint of cinema's virtual worlds and their contribution to wider developments.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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