studio system

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studio system (uncountable)

  1. (film) A method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios (the majors).
    • 2019, Douglas Gomery, The Hollywood Studio System: A History[1], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      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.

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