The Studio System
The most important aspect to the studio system, in my opinion, are the stars themselves. The stars were tangible products of immaterial production, which meant that they weren't relevant to the actual production portion of developing a motion picture. However, the stars were the best representation of what the studio did. In addition, they were also on contract by the studio's they worked for. The stars also had a huge relation to genres and which types of films studios developed. Each actor and actress had their own focus of expertise, so to speak, for certain types of films. That being said, if a studio had nothing but actors and actresses who's type of specialty is in dance and music, the best the studio can do is develop a musical. So, in this case, the actors and actresses affect the kinds of films the studios could develop. For example, in Judy Garland's case, the majority of the films she would come out in, featured her having a dance number or her singing. It was almost expected in the audiences eyes to see her like this in her films. Another example could be Fred Astaire, he perhaps is the best dancer I can ever recall seeing, and of course he was always dancing in his movies. Even if he may have been most noted for dancing, he did sing in his films too, and I assume it may have been to complete the whole idea of a musical. Who can imagine a musical with only dance or only singing? All in all I do sincerely believe that the stars paid major contribution to what types of films studios would produce.
The most important aspect to the studio system, in my opinion, are the stars themselves. The stars were tangible products of immaterial production, which meant that they weren't relevant to the actual production portion of developing a motion picture. However, the stars were the best representation of what the studio did. In addition, they were also on contract by the studio's they worked for. The stars also had a huge relation to genres and which types of films studios developed. Each actor and actress had their own focus of expertise, so to speak, for certain types of films. That being said, if a studio had nothing but actors and actresses who's type of specialty is in dance and music, the best the studio can do is develop a musical. So, in this case, the actors and actresses affect the kinds of films the studios could develop. For example, in Judy Garland's case, the majority of the films she would come out in, featured her having a dance number or her singing. It was almost expected in the audiences eyes to see her like this in her films. Another example could be Fred Astaire, he perhaps is the best dancer I can ever recall seeing, and of course he was always dancing in his movies. Even if he may have been most noted for dancing, he did sing in his films too, and I assume it may have been to complete the whole idea of a musical. Who can imagine a musical with only dance or only singing? All in all I do sincerely believe that the stars paid major contribution to what types of films studios would produce.
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