CNPH 21400 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, Studio System

• School: Ithaca College
• Department: Cinema and Photography (CNPH)
• Course: CNPH 21400
• Professor: Tom Bohn

Document Summary

Control of the studio system: studio system was a system which was based on controlling everything. He had control of the stars, the content, and the costs. One way of exercising this control was through vertical integration. The studio system was a successful monopoly because of vertical integration. Bifurcated production model: this meant that they were studios in hollywood and distribution along the east coast distribution companies. Hollywood vs competition: when hollywood saw competition overseas, the solution was to throw money at it and buy it out. This is how many directors and actors from overseas came to. Hollywood which made it stronger and more powerful. The golden age of cinema: this took place from 1930 to 1946 when motion pictures were most rooted in the american culture. This was also when the studio system was at its strongest. The studio system: stars and studios were intertwined and cannot be without each other.