The success of Selznick, in particular, as an independent producer working closely with the studios, pointed the way towards what was to be the future structure of Hollywood production, which became increasingly organized on a contracted-out basis from the 1950s onwards. The studio production-line system gave way to the package system, in which individual film projects were put together on a one- off basis. A great deal of Hollywood production today can be described as ‘independent’ in this sense, in that projects are often initiated and pursued by entities that exist formally beyond the bounds of the majors. These include production.
