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During the 1920s, and 1930s the Hollywood film studios undertook a major evolutionary period. The inception of the Hollywood ‘studio system’ was to change the film making process radically. ... We shall also examine how the system relates to the current production methods used in film making. ... Before the introduction of the studio system in the 1920s all of these processes were controlled separately. ... However, despite Hollywood’s uneasy birth, by the 1920s it had become one of the worlds leading film producers (Dirks, 2002). This was largely due to the introduction of the producer, or studio system.
The system, which effectively mirrored the business techniques of private sector manufacturing companies, was being widely used in the film industry by 1914. ... Recognising that their were obvious flaws within the ‘director-unit system’ one company decided to employ a general manager and, as Bordwell et al explains, ‘The general manager established a production office in the centre of the studio lot, which became a clearing house for all departments. ... 1350)
This new production system worked in two ways, firstly it met audience demand, and secondly it was much more profitable for the film makers. By the 1920s many cinemas had become the property of the film companies, essentially marking the end of the three tier system of production, distribution, and exhibition. These three titles were now known as ‘vertical integration’, and the studios responsible for this were now Hollywood’s major film producers. ... The studio system and the major studios had created what many describe as the golden age of Hollywood (Dirks, 2002).
Despite the success stories, and the introduction of sound the 1930s were to bring hard times for the film industry and ultimately the end of the studio system. ... The antitrust action spelled the end of the studio system and the beginning of an era in which production companies primarily made films on a project-by-project basis.
Approximate Word count = 1482
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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