In Staiger's description of Hollywood's mode of production, he describes the most effecient system of production which involves detailed divisions of labor. By this, labor is divided into two groups the people who conceive the work (the big name people like Spielberg) and people who execute the work (the smaller names you will see rushing past in the credits). This form of labor division is seen outside of Hollywood in all occupations.

Previously, I had never though of how people on the lower end of this hierarchy view their craft. However, I do not agree with Staiger that the executors of production lose overall knowledge of their craft. In mass production factories where you make multiple products concurrently, an executor of production