TASK : Summarise the key points about the Hollywood Studio system covering the following areas:
Structure : which studios involved , timeline ,which stages of production they controlled , which staff were under contract
Production and content : the collaborative process, quick factory production , following classical style, use of familiar and predicable genre conventions , studio " house" style and genres, role of censorship e.g 1934 Hayes Code in deciding content )
Audience : huge size and global reach
Role of director : under exclusive contract to studio , part of a creative team, limited creative control or influence , main job was to complete film on time and on budget
Role of star : under exclusive contract to studio , limits to creative freedom and influence , control over private life , star persona created and controlled by studio
Why it ended : legal case in 1948 breaking up the control over distribution , the rise of TV , changing audience tastes , the rise of European film challenging the studios' global domination , the rise of youth culture in the 1960s which the studios didn't understand.
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