Twilight Tales Studios
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Genre |
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| Founded | Cárdenas, 1728 AN |
| Founder(s) | Gabriel Moreno |
| Headquarters |
Cárdenas,  Nouvelle Alexandrie |
| Key people | Gabriel Moreno (founder) |
| Products | Feature films |
Twilight Tales Studios is a New Alexandrian film studio based in Cárdenas, founded in 1728 AN by Gabriel Moreno. An independent house working in horror, fantasy and science fiction, it is known for the low-budget visual style that critics named the Cárdenas Gothic.[1] Its annual Midnight Marathon screening draws genre audiences from across the Federation.[1]
History and style
Twilight Tales was established in Cárdenas in 1728 AN, one of the independent studios working apart from the major houses of Starlight City.[1] Its founder, Gabriel Moreno, built it around a low-budget approach to horror, fantasy and science fiction, and its pictures gave the Cárdenas Gothic its name, a form of horror built on atmosphere rather than expense.[1] The studio settled that style's sound early: in 1731 AN, within a year of the lifting of the ban that had kept the composer Allegra Van Bokhoven off New Alexandrian screens for seven years after Last Night on Botha, Twilight Tales hired her, and she scored eleven of its pictures between 1731 AN and 1752 AN. Moreno credited her scores with settling the Cárdenas Gothic before his cameras did.[2] Moreno directed the studio's early features himself, and by the 1750 ANs the house was giving its pictures to other directors, among them Renata Corvo.[1][2]
Notable films
Moreno directed the studio's early Cárdenas Gothic pictures, among them The Salt House (1731 AN), The Hollow Coast (1733 AN), Nine Nights at Ravaillac (1736 AN) and The Drowned Choir (1746 AN).[2] The studio's 1759 AN release The Last Lamp of Ben Aliv, a period ghost story directed by Renata Corvo and filmed in Judah, became the sleeper hit of its season and drew a public reckoning at the Israati University of Judah over its reconstruction of the extinct Judahite rite.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Cinema of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Independent Studios.
- ^ a b c Allegra Van Bokhoven.
- ^ "THE LAST LAMP OF BEN ALIV REBUILDS AN EXTINCT RITE FROM ITS ENEMIES' WORDS AS THE SEASON'S SLEEPER HIT", NBC Newsfeed, 14.XIII.1759 AN.
