In the Classic Hollywood time, Studio Companies controls the game. They own productions and even the distribution. They thousands of theater around the state and promote their own films as well.
They don’t shoot on outside locations because their studios are big enough to cater the shoot inside. Since they also own sounds and light equipments, they find it a waste of time to travel to different locations just to shoot few scenes. They find it convinient to do it inside the studio lots.
Back then, Studio Corporations releases contracts for their personnel. All the employees, from the director, actors and even the staffs have to sign first a contract before they could work for a production. In this case, employees that have signed contract becomes the property of the company and would never be allowed to do other jobs outside their company unless the contract has ended.
Nowadays, studios just do the production of the films and some other entity would be in charge of the promotion and distribution. They also don’t issue contracts to artists, directors and staffs. They would be hire once a production will needing staffs. In these way, jobs are most flexible because they could do different production under different companies.
As for the stars, they also have their exclusive contracts with the company. Aside from that, they are oblique to undergo training for them to ready enough to go for a production. It may take up a couple of year but the sacrifice would definitely worth it because when they become stars already, they earn millions of dollars and of course the fame.
Unlike the stars of today, the reputation of the stars of the classical Hollywood are more taken care of. They block news about the actor or actresses’ drug addiction, family problems and other negative things that may affect their names. Today, stars are more vulgar and open to the public. When they get married, the public know. When they are having a baby, the public know. And even when the are about to divorce, the public should also know. Its like their lives are open books anyone could read.
Before, if stars get to be involve in a controversy, like a sex video scandal, their career will surely be in jeopardy. But today, it doesn’t really matter if a star get involve in sex video, drug addiction, got into jail or whatever. The audience nowadays are more open ti the idea that these are just like them, human. They fall in love, gets broken, fall down and makes mistakes.
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