What is the value of a technological history of cinema?
Cinema was a product of the second-stage Industrial Revolution. This article examines some aspects of the technological and economic history of cinema and that revolution. It draws on secondary material on the electrical and chemical developments beginning in the late nineteenth century, and on prim...
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| description | Cinema was a product of the second-stage Industrial Revolution. This article examines some aspects of the technological and economic history of cinema and that revolution. It draws on secondary material on the electrical and chemical developments beginning in the late nineteenth century, and on primary research on particular case studies where cinema technology was used to further the economic objectives of industrial and financial organisations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be0f626de5df4876a1289ea8baa3823b2022-12-22T02:24:16ZengUniversity College CorkAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media2009-40782013-12-016104111https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.6.07What is the value of a technological history of cinema?Lee Grieveson0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-1372University College LondonCinema was a product of the second-stage Industrial Revolution. This article examines some aspects of the technological and economic history of cinema and that revolution. It draws on secondary material on the electrical and chemical developments beginning in the late nineteenth century, and on primary research on particular case studies where cinema technology was used to further the economic objectives of industrial and financial organisations.http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue6/HTML/ArticleGrieveson.htmlcinemaindustrial revolutionhistory of cinemaeconomicscinema technologyindustryfinancial organisations |
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