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Summary Of The Studio System: The studio system, is knows as the golden age of Hollywood, is a method of film production and distribution dominated by a small number of major studios in Hollywood. Although the term is still used today as a reference to the systems and output of the major studios, historically the term refers to the practice of large motion picture studios between the 1920s and 1960s of  producing movies primarily on their own film making lots with creative personnel under often long-term contract, and  dominating exhibition through vertical   integration. The 5 Major Studios Were: 20th Century Fox RKO pictures Paramount Pictures Warner Bros Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Studio System: the studio has control over everything, films were based on what studio made it and not what director and actors. The studios would always follow classical style and not let the director have control or use their creativity in making films. This meant th...

Casablanca Film Form  Before we have even seen Rick we know what type of person he is, we know this because of the characters and the setting of his bar, he is even mentioned by high ranking German and french people . Rick is an american as we can tell by the sign of his bar. IT takes along time to get into ricks bar, making the audience be eager to get in. When we get in the bar we see people pawning their objects without question, showing how wealthy people dwell in Casablanca. The conversations stops when their is a spotlight on them showing that people are always looking and listing to show no one is safe even in ricks bar. All conversations and moods are depressing showing how unhappy everyone is there. Again before we meet rick customers want to drink with him, but rick doesn't drink with customers showing that rick is a lonely person.  The use of mise-en-scene, there is a big spotlight to show unsafely of the area and no one can hide as there are always people wa...