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

by Brian R. Jacobson

Book Overview

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 films that were made and the impressions of the people who viewed them. The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231172818
• ISBN13: 9780231172813
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher