Producer Unit System

Central producer still maintained high degree of control over all of the film production at a given studio, but it was difficult to keep tabs on the growing number of films. It is also difficult for central producer to be an “expert” in every genre
- Various studios’ central producers began assigning assistants to take over a degree of control over smaller groups of film.
- Specialization increased
- Different directors under central producer specialized in various genres of films

Producer-Unit system adopted by all Big 5 studios, which allows them to make more film more efficiently than during the silent era.
- Part of general increase in Specialization & departmentalization at the studios
- Increased the division of labor. Jobs in other departments also became more specialized. New jobs created by new technologies of sound & color (technicians, dialogue writers, voice coaches)

Old Hollywood.
Audience
The films that were being made were predictable, you knew what you were going to be watching if you knew who made the film.
The genre of the film you seen would have being easy to decide due to the small number of the films that are being made.
Some of the films might not have being the best quality, the producers had that many films to make a year, they might have taken short cuts to make it quicker, this might have led to a poor quality film.
There was mainly 1 genre per producers, so there was little to chose from, making the film choice easier.

Industry
Due to the amount of work that they were under, the producers had a massive work load per year.
They always had work that they could be doing cause they signed to contracts they were commiting to the work, in this perspective they always had work to be doing, and then they became specialist in the field of work they are in.