Follow your dreams as you visit Los Angeles
The movie La La Land tells the story of two young people pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles. It charmed audiences with its musical numbers and vibrant colors. Many of the movie's scenes were filmed in LA. Visitors to the city can explore its history and culture by visiting some of these locations.
The Griffith Observatory
Located in Griffith Park on the southern slope of Mt. Hollywood, the Griffith Observatory was the third planetarium to open in the United States.
The observatory's telescopes are free to use any night that the planetarium is open and the sky is clear. Inside the planetarium are multiple exhibits that teach about space. While at the Observatory, be sure to look around for the world-famous Hollywood sign. This is one of the best spots form which to see it.
Rialto Theatre
The Rialto Theatre opened in 1917. Its dramatic marquee was announced as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1989. The theater closed in 2007, but now a church uses the building. Visitors however, are still welcome to visit this landmark.
Language Lab
vibrant adj.
/ˈvaɪbrənt/
very bright and strong
- The fashion designer loves to use vibrant colors in his work.
- The boy's room was decorated in vibrant yellow and blue.
having or showing great life, activity, and energy
- Shanghai is a vibrant city with all kinds of possibilities.
vibrate v.
to move back and forth or from side to side with very short, quick movements
- Our floor was vibrating from the loud music coming from next door.
observatory n. 天文臺；氣象臺；瞭望臺
/əbˈzɚvəˌtori/
a special building for studying stars, planets, weather, etc. : a building from which scientists study and watch the sky
- These astronomers have been standing by in the observatory waiting to see the comet.
planetarium n. 天文館
/ˌplænəˈterijəm/
a building or room in which images of stars, planets, etc., are shown on a high, curved ceiling
- The earliest planetarium show time will be 11am.
marquee n.
/mɑɚˈkiː/
a sign over the entrance to a theater that shows the name of the show, movie, play, etc., and the names of the main performers
- You can see the play's name on that Broadway theater's marquee from a long distance.
- Some scalpers are selling tickets to the show at entrance of the marquee.
monument n.
/ˈmɑːnjəmənt/
a building or place that is important because of when it was built or because of something in history that happened there
- The Empire State Building was listed as a U.S. National Monument in 1986.
- The monument was built to commemorate soldiers who gave their lives in the Vietnam War.
Info Cloud
on location 在那個地點
a place outside a studio where a movie is filmed
- The entire film is shot on location in New York.
- The story takes place in New York City.
But, the film was shot on location in Toronto.
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Welcome to info cloud. Today, let’s talk about what it means to do something on location.
This is a phrase that comes from the movie industry, the film something on location means to go to an actual location to film a scene.
That is different than filming something in a movie studio. In a film studio, the stage or set is created to resemble a real place.
It is very impressive how real studio sets can be, in most cases, you’ll have no idea that something is filmed in a studio.
But when something is filmed on location, the crew and actors travel to a place outside of the studio for filming.
Here’s an interesting note. Just because something is shot or filmed on location doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s filmed in the place the story takes place.
For example, let’s say a story takes place in New York City, but the film crew shoots on location in Toronto Canada.
This is fairly common.
Film crews often film locations that visually represent a story but which aren’t actually the locations the story takes place in.
There are a lot of reasons why this happens, sometimes it has to do with money or permits for filming. But regardless, it’s still called filming on location.
