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studiotecproject @studiotec_proj

A 5-year project investigating film studios across four major European production sites: Britain, France, Germany and Italy, 1930-60. Funded by @ERC_Research

Joined April 2020
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Film Studios book published in Open Access today! Free to all to read and enjoy! Thanks to the team for such wonderful work of a book we're all so proud of bloomsburycollections.com/mo…
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STUDIOTEC results in brief article published in six languages! cordis.europa.eu/article/id/…

Beyond Hollywood: inside Europe’s golden age film studios

Discover how European film studios evolved from 1930-1960 and why their legacy matters in today’s film industry.,,,European Commission

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STUDIOTEC project book's now in production with Bloomsbury! bloomsbury.com/uk/search/?q=…
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New article on health and safety in film studios published doi.org/10.1080/01439685.202…

This Studio is Dangerous! Hazards of Working in British Film Studios in the 1930s and 1940s

This article examines the high number of fires in British film studios which occurred in the 1930s and 1940s. The reasons for studios’ vulnerability to fires, and other workplace accidents, are exa...

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Save the date! 'Film Studios: Infrastructure, Architecture, Afterlife' Presented by STUDIOTEC researchers @CamTechMuseum Monday 10 March 2025, 19:30 GMT Info advance tickets for Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group: museumoftechnology.com/calen…
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How filmgoers loved learning about filmmaking and studios in Sarah Street's latest article in SCREEN academic.oup.com/screen/arti…

‘All the inside “dope”’: studio relay and textual analysis

The testimonies below come from readers of the British fan publication Picturegoer who responded in 1947 to sociologist J. P. Meyer’s appeal to send him re

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Great article by Chris O' Rourke in latest SCREEN on Robert Allen, a fascinating figure who worked at Denham academic.oup.com/screen/issu…
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Read all about when the 'panda craze' hit the studios in Richard Farmer's latest STUDIOTEC post! studiotec.info/2024/08/14/pa…
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Have a peek inside the studios we've recreated through Virtual Reality in Sarah Street's latest post studiotec.info/2024/06/14/st…
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New studios in news today - what does the future hold? amp.theguardian.com/film/art…

Cut! Building of new UK film and TV studios on hold after pandemic streaming boom

Economic downturn, changing viewing habits and Hollywood strikes prompt questions about whether bubble has burst

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Take a peek inside parts of studios we've recreated in video format for our STUDIOTEC VR experience! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

STUDIOTEC VR & UX

Meta Quest 2/3 immersive VR experience of European film studios, 1930-60s, as part of STUDIOTEC project at Bristol University. Created in Unreal, Twinmotion,...

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Current state of uk films and studios in today’s Observer amp.theguardian.com/film/202…

Barbie, Bridgerton and billions of pounds: how streaming – and tax breaks – fuelled the UK’s...

Great locations, experienced crews and juicy incentives have made UK studios increasingly attractive. But with budgets falling, could the bubble be about to burst?

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Postcards and spider-web machinery, to stamps and cigarette cards...our STUDIOTEC exhibition tab is now here! studiotec.info/exhibition/
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Exciting package arrived today!!
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Two STUDIOTEC panels @BAFTSS conference about to start in Brighton!
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From curtains to swords and bananas, read how studios created magic from plaster in Richard Farmer's new post studiotec.info/2024/03/26/ge…
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Want to know about Vera Lynn's corset or how many clothing coupons were used making The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp? Then my new @studiotec_proj article on clothes rationing and British film production is for you! Open Access in @Screen_Journal. academic.oup.com/screen/arti…

Cutting their cloth, counting their coupons: clothes rationing and British film production in the...

As this passage from Kinematograph Weekly’s satirical Screencomber column makes clear, clothes rationing and its attendant coupons, first introduced in Jun

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Download for free Sarah Street’s new book, just published in Open Access! link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Puzzling diagrams, facts and figures, discover the mysteries of some amazing patents in Eleanor Halsall's new post studiotec.info/2024/02/22/th…
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Zebras and rhinos waiting for their close ups - read all about how Shepperton nearly became home to a zoo, new post by STUDIOTEC's Richard Farmer studiotec.info/2024/01/26/sh…
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