and murnau just came out of germany.hat in one film, and then went back and said "i'm not doing that again." "that's for murnau, not for me." and they really redefined their styles. they became very much -- they found out who they were, these filmmakers, and they did so accordingly with each film. (narrator) the hollywood style began as a studio style, based on a model of mass production. a handful of major studios employing thousands of workers manufactured films in a factory-like environment. (narrator) they were run by iron-fisted moguls who churned out stories with assembly-line efficiency. although studios have faded, crafts people working today -- production designers, editors, cinematographers, writers -- continue to employ basic stylistic principles established in the studio era. they could do more pictures in a week than i could do in a lifetime; they never did them alone. (richard sylbert) they had huge departments. (dede allen) in the days of the 30's everything was studio structure everybody worked for the st