2. HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood is a district in the central region of Los
Angeles, California, in the United States.
It is notable for its place as the home of
the entertainment industry, including several of its
historic studios. Its name has come to be
a metonym for the motion picture industry of the
United States. Hollywood is also a highly ethnically
diverse, densely populated, economically diverse
neighborhood and retail business district.
3. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
By 1912, major motion-picture companies had set up
production near or in Los Angeles.In the early
1900s, most motion picture patents were held by
Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company
in New Jersey, and filmmakers were often sued to
stop their productions. To escape this, filmmakers
began moving out west, where Edison's patents
could not be enforced. Also, the weather was ideal
and there was quick access to various settings. Los
Angeles became the capital of the film industry.
4. DEVELOPMENT
During the early 1950 the Hollywood Freeway was constructed through the northeast
corner of Hollywood.
The Capitol Records Building on Vine Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard, was
built in 1956, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 as a tribute to
artists and other significant contributors to the entertainment industry. The official
opening was on February 8, 1960.[he Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and
Entertainment District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in
1985.
In June 1999, the Hollywood extension of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail Red Line
subway opened from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, with
stops along Hollywood Boulevard at Western Avenue (Hollywood/Western Metro
station), Vine Street (Hollywood/Vine Metro station, and Highland Avenue
Hollywood/Highland Metro station.
The Dolby Theatre, which opened in 2001 as the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood &
Highland Center mall, is the home of the Oscars. The mall is located where the
historic Hollywood Hotel once stood.
5. BUDGETS
Old Hollywood offered to kind of movies: a movie and B movies
A movies had big budgets whereas B movies had low budgets
These would often be shown as double bill in cinemas.
B movies offered good percentage profits as compared to therefore they are less
risky to produce than A movies
7. MOVIES
Some of the high budget movies produces by these hollywood instiotuins are
Harry potter series
The spiderman
The dark knight
The lion king
Frozen
Inception
Tangled
And many others
