Hollywood studio system
Classical Hollywood refers to the period of American cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. The term includes both a specific style of filming and a specific mode of production, distribution and presentation of films in American cinematography of that period. Classical Hollywood is often referred to as the "Golden Age of Hollywood" and the specific style means developed during this period are called the Classical Hollywood style.
During these decades was Hollywood studio system powerful as the studios made hundreds of movies a year. For example, the decade of the 1950s was one of the most turbulent periods in film and television history, as the most powerful Hollywood studios and independent producers switched to television production, television replaced the film as America's major post-war cultural industry.
The major Big Five studios are composed of 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) that became known as the 'studio system'.
The film could be assigned either to 'auteur theory' or 'studio system'. Auteur theory is the idea that the director is the author and primary force behind the movie, this is when the director leaves his own creative signature in the movies. On the other hand, if the studio system controls the film, the 'auteur' is not a director but a producer. Director, stars, production are all connected to the studio and the production follows the classical style. For example Casablanca is studio's movie, even when Curtiz (director) is considered by many to be one of the quintessential Hollywood directors- he is, after all, the man who directed Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. Yet in auteurit circles he is given short shrift. Andrew Sarris, for example, calls Casablanca "the happiest of happy accidents, and the most decisive exception to the auteur theory".
The factory method of production was successful as they could make more movies and promote more the studio, also that at least some of those movies might be successful and favourite for the audience. Also they used 'b movies' which is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not an arthouse film and is made for use as a supporting feature in a cinema programme. The term more precisely identify films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature, which helps to sell multiple movies at the same time.
Classical Hollywood refers to the period of American cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. The term includes both a specific style of filming and a specific mode of production, distribution and presentation of films in American cinematography of that period. Classical Hollywood is often referred to as the "Golden Age of Hollywood" and the specific style means developed during this period are called the Classical Hollywood style.
During these decades was Hollywood studio system powerful as the studios made hundreds of movies a year. For example, the decade of the 1950s was one of the most turbulent periods in film and television history, as the most powerful Hollywood studios and independent producers switched to television production, television replaced the film as America's major post-war cultural industry.
The major Big Five studios are composed of 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) that became known as the 'studio system'. The film could be assigned either to 'auteur theory' or 'studio system'. Auteur theory is the idea that the director is the author and primary force behind the movie, this is when the director leaves his own creative signature in the movies. On the other hand, if the studio system controls the film, the 'auteur' is not a director but a producer. Director, stars, production are all connected to the studio and the production follows the classical style. For example Casablanca is studio's movie, even when Curtiz (director) is considered by many to be one of the quintessential Hollywood directors- he is, after all, the man who directed Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. Yet in auteurit circles he is given short shrift. Andrew Sarris, for example, calls Casablanca "the happiest of happy accidents, and the most decisive exception to the auteur theory".
The factory method of production was successful as they could make more movies and promote more the studio, also that at least some of those movies might be successful and favourite for the audience. Also they used 'b movies' which is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not an arthouse film and is made for use as a supporting feature in a cinema programme. The term more precisely identify films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature, which helps to sell multiple movies at the same time.
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