CIN374Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Time Capsule, The Cameraman, Jean Louis
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The production of meaning in an art world is not distinct from its economic mode of production. The production of meaning occurs in history. Jean louis comolli: socio-economic conditions produce an ideological function. Comolli privileges socio-economic elements that influence the superstructure of ideology and technology. The history of cinema cannot be read off from its conditions of existence . Ellis: the conditions of existence should be seen as internal to the industry, not an effect of a broader economic ideology. The conditions of existence for studio filmmaking was not forced on filmmakers, but emerged out of separate discourses. Studio era practices are considered an effect of group style. Paradox: standardizing product for efficient mass production and a simultaneous movement toward differentiating product. Marx: capitalism found detailed division of labour less costly: only the labourer doing the most skilled portion of the work had to be paid the highest rate .