Technical Equipment Without Technique year 1925 marked the beginning of a new era in cinematography in China, as it wi nessed the erection of the first enclosed and properly equipped modern motion-picture studio, which was rapidly followed by several others.
It was due to strong foreign support and assistance that this step was taken, though the capital was entirely Chinese, Previous to this films were made in a small way, chiefly outdoors and on location, but real progress has now started, Quite a considerable number of other studios came into being, but as a result of inexperience, lack of capital, and insufficient organization many of them did not survive for long and even now there are several so-called producers who are producers in name only.
There remain, however, about seven well-equipped studios and a dozen smaller ones. Of the former, one produces an average of one feature film per month, the other six from four to eight feature films, and the balance an average of one per annum. 5
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