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

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

MORE THAN “DREAM FACTORIES”