In the Studio

Brian R. Jacobson is Professor of Visual Culture at the California Institute of Technology and the author of Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space.  

Acknowledgments 

Introduction: Studio Perspectives 
Brian R. Jacobson

PART ONE. FORMATIONS

1. “The Longed-For Crystal Palace”: Empire, Modernity, and Nikkatsu Mukōjima’s Glass 
Studio, 1913–1923 
Diane Wei Lewis

2. Regulating Light, Interiors, and the National Image: Electrification
and Studio Space in 1920s Brazil 
Rielle Navitski

3. Ephemeral Studios: Exhibiting Televisual Spaces during the
Interwar Years 
Anne-Katrin Weber

PART TWO. FOUNDATIONS 

4. Estudios Churubusco: A Transnational Studio for a National Industry 
Laura Isabel Serna

5. Pinewood Studios, the Independent Frame, and Innovation 
Sarah Street

6. Backlots of the World War: Cinecittà, 1942–1950 
Noa Steimatsky

PART THREE. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES 

7. The Film Train Stops at Mosfilm: Aleksandr Medvedkin and the Operative Film Factory 
Robert Bird

8. Postindustrial Studio Lifestyle: The Eameses in the Environment of 901 
Justus Nieland

9. The Last Qualitative Scientist: Hollis Frampton and the Digital Arts Lab 
Jeff Menne

PART FOUR. STUDIO FUTURES

10. Made-for-Broadcast Cities 
Lynn Spigel

11. The Nature of the Firm and the Nature of the Farm: Lucasfilm, the Campus, and the 
Contract 
J. D. Connor

12. “Make It What You Want It to Be”: Logistics, Labor, and Land Financialization via 
the Globalized Free Zone Studio 
Kay Dickinson

Selected Bibliography 
List of Contributors 
Index