Laura
Gutierrez
March
28, 2013
Professor
Lawson
Final
Draft
The Hollywood Life
The major cities that everyone wants to
visit at least once in their life time are New York, Miami, San Francisco,
Paris, London, Boston, and amongst one of the most popular ones Los Angeles.
People love coming to Los Angeles, to live the so call “Hollywood life” that
mostly everyone dreams about. That maybe one day they will be dinning amongst
the celebrities. The life of glamour and glitz. Hollywood is probably one of
the most diverse, socially influential cities in the world with its features
from the Chinese Theater, to the Hollywood sign, to the Hollywood walk of fame.
The
Chinese Theater was built in1927 with the debut of “Kings of Kings” produced by
Cecil B.DeMille (history). This theater is the most prominent and drawn theatre
by spectators, many movie premieres is shown here. With a minimum capacity of
seats inside, the outsides of this theater is fully flocked by fans for the red
carpet, to see their loving stars walk the red carpet. The most loving and
respected stars have appeared through this theater, leaving behind their
engraved signatures or handprints on the pavement floor. Rolling up in the
shiniest, most delicate, expensive cars you can ever imagine. Black leather,
smell of pearl rose, and the sound of the ignition that sends chills up your
spine.
None the less, the Chinese Theater’s
architecture is very detailed and precise. With its 40-foot high ceilings,
every inch of the walls curved with delicate paintings along the walls. The red
seats make you melt into them as if it’s a hot summer’s day and you are eating
an ice cream cone melting through your hands. It gives us a glimpse of the
architecture we may encounter in China’s most prominent buildings. The
courtyard is drawn by the many stars that arrive here. The diversity of Hollywood
is shown here, having many cultures shown on one street, shoes how different
people can come together as one. We can
also see how Chinese architecture is seen, with a 30-foot dragon stoned on the
entrance of this theatre. We can say that a Chinese dragon is one of the most
profound identities that the Chinese culture has. One of their ever defining
symbols they have today.
The social impact Hollywood has on
us today is major. The entertainment industry fundamentally gives us what we as
consumers want. They don’t go along with new, improved, and risk-taking ideas.
They settle for old ideas, ideas that sell.
People that do not live in Los Angeles, see Hollywood as the greatest
attribute to become a star. People from all over the world come to Hollywood
for not only to site see or shop, but to also embrace the LA traffic. Movies
depict how coming to Hollywood cannot only make you famous but rich as well.
With the fame, comes a lot of troubles but also a lot of positive outcomes.
People tend to only see the good factors of Hollywood. Life in Hollywood is very worthwhile in
others factors. For the fact that it has one of the greatest diverse cultures.
People from all over the world come to visit and here they learn about the many
cultures we have here in Hollywood. Having so many people from around the world
creates restaurants, artistic movements, and fashion from their culture. They
bring it here and we get a little bit of every culture we possibly can.
When
walking down Hollywood Blvd. People may see different costumes worn by people
who are showing us some of the most famous movies, cartoons, or characters.
When I went there, there was Disney princesses, like snow white. Bumble Bee
from Transformers. From the Star Wars phenomenon Darth Vader. The Pirates of
the Caribbean; Jack Sparel, Mickey and Minnie Mouse. These are people that
re-create characters in movies or cartoons, and take pictures with little kids
or tourists. They show everyone the greatest movies or cartoons of all time,
come to live. Tourists can also see that Hollywood is one of the biggest
entertainment capitals of the world. Many people even make a living down
Hollywood Blvd. by dancing, singing, showing their artistic skills and putting
on a show for the tourists. A group of dancers were dancing to the beat of
Will. I Am, they were showing off their dancing moves. From techno music to
some guitar playing a young man singing his heart out at the other end of the corner
was singing to Bruno Mars “Locked out of Heaven” one of his #1 hit songs. As well,
as adding some personal songs of their own that they personally wrote. There
are many people that get discovered like this. Showing the world how dedicated
one is, you never know when a recording producer is walking down Hollywood Blvd
to work, when they can hear you and make a signing contract with you. By all means, it is Hollywood.
The Hollywood sign is a significant landmark for Los
Angeles. Situated on Mount Lee in the Hollywood hills area of the Santa Monica
Mountains, this sign is overlooked throughout all of Los Angeles. It is a
glimpse into the Hollywood life, as seen and shown throughout some featured
films. Everyone wants to get a glimpse
of it at least once in their life time. It is probably one of the most
recognized and published landmark that Los Angeles has representing Hollywood.
From the desserts of Arizona, to the beachy cities of Florida, or to the windy
cities of Colorado, wherever one is in the world the Hollywood sign is
recognizable. Not being able to touch it because there are intruders who can
destroy it. The Hollywood comes as close as 20 feet to the viewer’s feet. It is
a hike up the mountain, but it’s capable for anyone to get to the top. Once at
the top of the mountain the view from the San Fernando Valley is on one side,
and the city on the other side. It is a breathtaking view. The wind blowing
through your skin makes one feel like they are on top of the world. When
standing at the tip of the mountain, everything seems so small and tiny. At night, all the lights shine from every
house, building, and all the stars from the sky. Catching a little piece of
nature, and all its beauty. At the top of the mountain one comes to peace with
their lives, even if it’s just for a little while. 
The
walk of fame is visited annually by about 10 million spectators. It contains
more the 2,000 stars engraved throughout the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.
They are public monuments for people to see the greatest artists whom have
accomplished big things in the entertainment industry. The people whose names are
embedded on the stars vary from musicians, actors, producers, directors, and
musical; theoretical groups. Each star contains a different emblem on it,
besides the name of the artist. There are five different symbols that vary,
from a classic film camera representing motion pictures. Television receiver
representing broadcast television, Phonograph record representing audio
recording or music, Radio microphone representing broadcast radio, and Last but
not least comedy/tragedy masks that represent theatre and live performance. The
side walk is black, so you can see the stars clearly. They are red with a gold
outline around the star. In the star, the artists name and the symbol are shown
depicting if they are either an artist, musician, or theatre actors. While walking down Hollywood Blvd, it’s nice
to give recognition to those people who have actually have made a change in our
society. Whether signing, acting, or directing they all have brought unique
triumph. Amongst other stars there are also stars for global phenomenon. For
example, the Dodgers have their own star. Also Victoria’s Secret has their star
as well. These are companies and industries that make Hollywood what it is
today. With it’s sold out runways, to it’s sold out sport games.
In all, Hollywood is one of the
greatest cities to visit at least once in your lifetime. It has so much
diversity and culture from places all around the world. It also is one of the
most socially influential cities. From the Chinese theater, to the Hollywood
sign, to the walk of fame everyone feels like a star when they walk down
Hollywood.
