The Emergence Machine

Backlot

physical · Cinema · Level 14 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A large outdoor area within a film studio is a spatial extent that emerges from the organization and infrastructure of a film studio, which develops, finances, and distributes motion pictures and other media content through a sequence of actions and transformations.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “backlot” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
backlot
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0BacklotFilm StudioCinemaFilm… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesBacklotL14FilmL11CinemaL12Film StudioL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Film L11 (requires)
    A large outdoor area within a film studio containing permanent or semi-permanent sets, streets, and structures for filming.
  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first
  • Film Studio L13 (requires)
    A large outdoor area within a film studio containing permanent or semi-permanent sets, streets, and structures for filming.