Studios before the system : architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space /
Jacobson, Brian R.,
Studios before the system : architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space / Brian R. Jacobson. - xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Film and culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index. Includes filmography.
Introduction: studios and systems -- Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Meliáes'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 cites du cinema and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California -- Conclusion: more than "dream factories".
9780231172806 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231172813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Motion picture studios--History--United States--20th century.
Motion picture industry--History--20th century.
PN 1993.5.U6 / J17s 2015
384
Studios before the system : architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space / Brian R. Jacobson. - xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Film and culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index. Includes filmography.
Introduction: studios and systems -- Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Meliáes'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 cites du cinema and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California -- Conclusion: more than "dream factories".
9780231172806 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231172813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Motion picture studios--History--United States--20th century.
Motion picture industry--History--20th century.
PN 1993.5.U6 / J17s 2015
384