Fordism- the use in manufacturing industry of the methods pioneered by Henry Ford, typified by large-scale mechanized mass production.

Named after henry ford- who produced goods such as CARS, BASED ON
1. standardising the product
2. Assembly line prouduction


Vertical integration- Companies controlling all the means of production, distribution and consumption.

 This relates to movies as these big companies are making a huge profit through the success of their movies.

THE BIG 5 STUDIOS:
warner bros
paramount
mgm
rko

Paramount

was established on the 8 May 1912, Los Angeles, California, United States

W. W. Hodkinson Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky

Antitrust Law- in the last 1940s the US government brought an end to the vertical integration as it was seen as anti competitive. forcing studios to sell their cinemas.