{"id":2591,"date":"2022-01-25T14:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:05:00","slug":"see-behind-the-silver-screen-with-warner-brothers-studio-tour-academy-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/lifestyle\/2591\/see-behind-the-silver-screen-with-warner-brothers-studio-tour-academy-museum","title":{"rendered":"See behind the silver screen with Warner Brothers Studio Tour, Academy Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2592\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2592\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"Warner Brothers Studio Tour puts visitors on and in working television sets, including \u201cFriends\u201d (Photo by Harrison Shiels)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2-175x130.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warner Brothers Studio Tour puts visitors on and in working television sets, including \u201cFriends\u201d (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood can be an underwhelming experience for vacationers who visit the \u201cWalk of Fame.\u201d It\u2019s initially exciting to see the Hollywood Sign soaring over the TCL Chinese Theater, but the \u201cHollywood and Vine\u201d intersection area, while iconic, can be a grungy experience with difficult, expensive parking. Among the souvenir shops, celebrity impersonators and street walkers there are some bright spots, literally, such as the El Capitan Theater and its fancifully radiant marquee, operated by Disney, which is also home to late night television\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Show.\u201d If you submit an essay online about why you\u2019re a fan of the host, you might get selected for free admission to a taping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But if you want a guaranteed access to more than just an audience seat, the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, in nearby Burbank, takes guests behind the curtain by opening the studio door and allowing you to walk right onto working sets. The day I took the tour we were led onto and through the sets for the CW television show \u201cAll American\u201d starring Daniel Ezra as a high school football star and other sets, too. (I watched the show later that night from an entirely different perspective.) The Warner Brothers Tour is no tourist trap museum \u2013 it\u2019s the real deal with plenty of sugar to sweeten the peek at industrial movie making.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-mi-lansing-C1051-native-article_link-travel-2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\">\u201cIt\u2019s an industry of lies,\u201d my tour guide joked as he revealed tricks of the trade. Brick buildings are not made with bricks at all. Real wooden floors would be too noisy. And set dressing \u2013 light fixtures, door handles, cars and mailboxes &#8211; can make the same bare street corner turn of the century or present day anywhere in the world, including the spot Tobey Maguire\u2019s \u201cSpiderman\u201d hung upside down to kiss Kirsten Dunst in the cold, pouring, studio-produced rain. \u201cThey bounce the water and really pour it on because real rain doesn\u2019t show up on film. Tobey was virtually drowning so he had to put cotton in his nose.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\">\u201cIt\u2019s an industry of lies,\u201d my tour guide joked as he revealed tricks of the trade. Brick buildings are not made with bricks at all. Real wooden floors would be too noisy. And set dressing \u2013 light fixtures, door handles, cars and mailboxes &#8211; can make the same bare street corner turn of the century or present day anywhere in the world, including the spot Tobey Maguire\u2019s \u201cSpiderman\u201d hung upside down to kiss Kirsten Dunst in the cold, pouring, studio-produced rain. \u201cThey bounce the water and really pour it on because real rain doesn\u2019t show up on film. Tobey was virtually drowning so he had to put cotton in his nose.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\">\u201cFriends,\u201d superheroes, and Harry Potter are highlighted elements of the Warner Brothers Tour. Guests can sip hot lattes in a recreated version of the show\u2019s \u201cCentral Perk\u201d coffeehouse and sit on couch or at the kitchen table in the apartment Jennifer Anniston, Courtney Cox and the other cast members did in the episodes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\">\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A green-screen, special effects video experience allowed me to ride Batman\u2019s Bat-cycle as just Christian Bale did while playing the Caped Crusader. The new Batmobile Robert Pattinson will drive was on display, too. An attentive staffer, who could see the wide-eyed look of a grown-up Batman fan, made sure I didn\u2019t overlook the menacing vehicle and offered to take my picture with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The timed-entry, limited-number, indoor-outdoor Warner Brothers Studio Tour is a top-quality \u201cinfo-tainment\u201d experience well worth the $69 admission price. You can take as long as you like to linger through the fun exhibits and superb gift and apparel shop (which is worth stopping by to shop in even if you can\u2019t take the tour.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A more cerebral, even somber, experience is presented for the more serious-minded moviegoer at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wilshire Blvd. It\u2019s open-air, third-story Dolby Family Terrace overlooks Tinseltown while the museum\u2019s \u201cStories of Cinema\u201d exhibits review the silver screen\u2019s complex, diverse history and impact on the world. Backdrops, moviemaking equipment, animation techniques, costuming and props \u2013 including a shark from \u201cJaws\u201d and C-3PO from \u201cStar Wars\u201d are included.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You can watch plenty of domestic and foreign film snippets and, after strolling through a gallery of moving (literally and figuratively) Academy Award acceptance speeches, you can experience what it\u2019s like to win your own Oscar. Timed-entry tickets are $25. Next door the splashy Peterson Automotive Museum, starring hundreds of iconic, rare, historic and futuristic supercars, is currently showing \u201cBond in Motion \u2013 the Official Collection of 007 Vehicles.\u201d Entry is $17 plus $25 for access to the priceless Hagerty Vault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contact Michael Patrick Shiels at<\/em><a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" title=\"mailto:MShiels@aol.com\" href=\"mailto:MShiels@aol.com\"><em>MShiels@aol.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0His radio program may be found at\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" title=\"http:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/6uzqCyPAVri6LR1EkSZrw24?domain=mibigshow.com\" href=\"http:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/6uzqCyPAVri6LR1EkSZrw24?domain=mibigshow.com\">MiBigShow.com<\/a>\u00a0or weekday mornings from 9-noon on WJIM AM 1240<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warner Brothers Studio Tour takes guests behind the curtain by opening the studio door. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":2592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1023748,1023750,1023751],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-travel-los-angeles","tag-hollywood","tag-warner-brothers-studio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}