Studios Before the System : : Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space / / Brian 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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Film and Culture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 50 b&w photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Studios and systems
  • 1. Black boxes and open-air stages.
  • 2. Georges méliès’s “glass house”.
  • 3. Dark studios and daylight factories
  • 4. Studio factories and studio cities
  • 5. The studio beyond the studio
  • Conclusion: More than “Dream Factories”
  • Notes
  • Films cited
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter