Hollywoods

What do you think of when you hear the word 'Hollywood'?(P. 1)

    

     When I read the first sentence of this book, this book asked us what 'Hollywood' is. In my case, I thought that Hollywood is about movies. But, it is not true. Hollywood is not only famous for films. It is an important place for the music, television, and radio. Therefore, if you group Hollywood as films, you will get new knowledge through this book.

     Hollywood is a place in California in the west of the big city of Los Angeles. It is a big city, and about 2 million people live there. The word "Hollywood"points to not only  the place but also films, movie stars, and movie industries. That is, the definition of "Hollywood" is wide! But, in the early 1900s, Hollywood was a small village and not famous yet. In 1910, the first film maker visited Hollywood and studio are opened. By the 1920s, Hollywood was more famous for movies.
     So, the history of "Hollywood" is so old. The time when moving picture was invented dates back to 19 century. Many company competed in the field, and who could watch this moving pictures was limited. So, "movie" was special and particular still at that time. It was the late nineteen century when Movie had generalized. When many people got to be able to watch movies, the popular movie was silent movies. One of the most famous silent movie acts was Charles Chaplin. I like "Modern Times", and I know him. But this book says that very popular silent movie character of Chaplin was "The Tramp". I didn't know the movie, but I thought that Tramp must be an attractive character because Chaplin played the role. And, as time passed, silence movie were replaced by talkies. In 1927, a movie attracted people's attention. Across the United State, film directors and newspapers mentioned it, and everybody wanted to see it. What do you think it is? It is a big Hollywood movie, "The Jazz Singer". People who went to see it could hear the actor's voices. So, voices is important point. It was one of the first 'talkies' and changed the movie world. Many producers stopped making silent movie since then. It was a big pinch for silent movie actors. Many actors lost their jobs. Then, color movie like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"appeared and the world of movie had changed again.

     Like this, the movie world has changed so many times. And now, we rarely see silent movie. As I said before, I like "Modern Times". The movie has no voices but it conveys many messages through actors and actress to us. So, I hope more silent movies are made. By the way, Do you see Friday Roadshow? I sometimes enjoy it. I often see works of Studio Ghibli. I am so happy when I can watch them on TV, but I think that sometimes silent movie should be on air.

     Of course, the history is also important, but the present  also should be referred to! Now, many people enjoy experiencing the world of movie. Have you been to Universal Studio? It is a working film studio near Hollywood and there are many things to do and see. Families and tourists visit there and sit on a little train and then go through different places from famous movies.

     Oh, I realized that I can not stop writing after knowing Hollywood. So, I want yo to read this book. If you know Hollywood a little, you can get a lot of information. Even if you are familiar with Hollywood, you can miss old movies of Hollywood, I think.　Hollywood" is a truly lovely and wonderful place for a film!

Janet Hardy-Gould. Hollywood. (2014)  Oxford University:England



The location of Hollywood



 

 

London

Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting-that's London. (cover)

   London is the capital of England, ans it is a big city. But, London was a small village, two thousand years ago.The Romans built a town by the River Thames, and people lived there. So, the name of 'London' comes from the Romans.Romans came to a small city, and many people lived there, and it was a rich and important, which made London the big city. Now, many people know that London is a big city, but among them, most of them might not imagine that the big city was a small villages before. So, there are many histories in London, and it have changed London since the period of small one. What history changed London? Please read this book, and you will be surprised at the large change. In London, there are many historical museums, so you can learn the history of London.

  Through this book, what you can know is not only the history. There are many information about parks and garden, museums and sport, and shopping and eating. For example, you can buy anything in London and you can eat almost everything in London. Many of the most famous shops are in the street of London. The most famous shop in all of the city is Harrods.And some people say that Harrods is the most famous in the World. Some people visit there and buy something very small. They only want the bag with the famous Harrods' name on it. And you can eat anything in London. London has restaurants from nearly every country in the world, and not all of them are expensive. So, if you get hungry, you don't have to worry about whether you have something to eat.

And, what people imagine when they here London is, maybe, Sherlock Holmes. There are The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Maker Street. Of course, the address is not really, but many people visit there and enjoy the world.

  So, there are many places to visit in London. I can not write them all here. So, if you want to know more about London, please read this book.

Escott john. London. (1995).Oxford university:England