studio system

noun

A method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios (the majors).

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Meanings

nounstudio system (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcastingA method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios (the majors).

    When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20.

    2019, Douglas Gomery, The Hollywood Studio System: A History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
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