Studios Before the System

Informationen zum Autor Brian R. Jacobson Klappentext The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the System expands the social and cultural footprint of cinemäs virtual worlds and their contribution to wider developments Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Brian R. Jacobson, Jacobson Brian R.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9780231172813
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17281-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Film and Culture Series; Film and Culture Series; Film & Culture (COUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Film & Video, Films, cinema, United States of America, USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Dance & Other Performing Arts, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings