Hollywood. The central producer system, in which a detailed shooting script allowed for planning and budgeting well before a film went into production, replaced an earlier director-based approach. The director's work could now focus on approving the set design, shooting the film, and working with the editor in the assembling of a final cut. Overseeing virtually everything else – labor, props, set construction, wardrobe, players – was a producer who functioned like a general manager, someone also entrusted with the job of managing costs and estimating profits.
