| 单词 | studio system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstudio system studio system n. (a) the system of apprenticeship maintained by commercial art studios of various kinds, esp. as contrasted with formal education at an art college (now historical); (b) Film the centralized organization of film production, marketing, and distribution maintained by Hollywood studios in the first half of the 20th century, which resulted in a limited number of large commercial companies dominating the filmmaking business and controlling its writers, stars, etc.; (hence) the motion picture industry itself in this period; cf. star system n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > using stars for leading roles star system1822 studio system1869 1869 Leeds Mercury 26 Nov. 4/6 The studio system, of pupils under practising artists, referred to as if extinct, is now more widely practised than ever in the studios of artists. 1891 Atalanta May 509/2 He..advocates a return to the studio system, by which a group of students gathered round a master may learn to understand somewhat of his impulses to action. 1915 Billboard 16 Oct. 54/4 Edwin Thanhouses has long had in view a number of productions which can only be made with a permanent studio system. 1921 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 30 Jan. (Mag.) 8/5 While it is apparent that the star system is crippled,..there should be a general overhauling of the studio system. 1963 P. Houston Contemp. Cinema iii. 47 The frustrations of working inside Hollywood's big studio system have been exhaustively chronicled, in the novels in which so many screenwriters have tried to work off their disillusionment. 2009 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 9/4 Whether or not the studio system was the enemy of art, the distributors (which the major studios came to control) have seldom been its friends. < as lemmas |
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