Friday, 21 October 2011

Producer Unit System 1931-1940

Central producer still maintained high degree of control over all of the film production at a given studio, but it was difficult to keep tabs on the growing number of films. It is also difficult for central producer to be an “expert” in every genre.
Various studios’ central producers began assigning assistants to take over a degree of control over smaller groups of film.
Specialisation increased, different directors under central producer specialised in various genres of films.

The Impact This Had On Old Hollywood (Audience).

- They are only able to make one genre not giving them a lot of choice to choose from thus making the films were very predictable. (You knew what you were going to get when you went to watch them), It was easy to decide on a film as there was not a lot of films to choose from (range).
There was possible shortcuts in the making of films which therefore meant many films could be made, however this did not mean that the films were made to a good standard as they were specialist in doing what they did making them able to make a film quicker.

(Industry)

- There was a higher work load and this meant for longer contracts as many films were made throughout the year, this meant that the cast and crew of the film became specialist at what they were doing as they did the same type of film over and over again.

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