Film locations

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Choose the correct option:

1. Millions of dollars are spent to build expensive sets, which are … as soon as the films have been shot.

a) sold

b) used for other purposes

c) torn down

2. Movies that shoot scenes on location add a sense of …to the worlds of our favorite stories.

a) authenticity

b) oblivion

c) exhilaration

3. 1984’s Ghostbusters was unlikely to become a surefire hit as many executives at the time were spooked at the thought of a …

a) psychological thriller

b) supernatural comedy

c) contemporary drama

4. The Ghostbusters’ iconic firehouse headquarters still stands today …

a) the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.

b) outside Charing Cross railway station in London.

c) at 14 North Moore Street in New York City.

5. The renovation of the firehouse included new plumbing and electrical systems as well as a new kitchen, bathroom and …

a) roof.

b) basement.

c) windows.

6. You'll know you've reached the firehouse once you spot the two Ghostbusters’ … painted on the sidewalk out front.

a) characters

b) logos

c) slogans

7. The Harry Potter film adaptation didn't disappoint fans, critics, or … executives.

a) Universal Pictures’

b) Paramount Pictures’

c) Warner Brothers’

8. Many of the Harry Potter series’ magical locations could only have been conjured up through the use of …

a) CAD (computer-aided design)

b) HMI (human-machine interface)

c) CGI (computer-generated imagery)

9. One wing of the 1000-year-old castle is actually occupied by …

a) Baron Rothschild.

b) the Duke of Northumberland.

c) the Earl of Derby.

10. Shots of the locomotive approaching school grounds on its famous race track were filmed on location at …

a) the Southern Railway across the Ouse.

b) the Lewes Road Viaduct at Brighton.

c) the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland.

11. 2009's Up is the story of an elderly man on a mission to pilot his balloon-assisted flying house to Paradise Falls to fulfill a promise made to his …

a) late wife.

b) ex-wife.

c) common-law wife.

12. Nestled in the …of Venezuela, Angel Falls is the highest uninterrupted waterfall on the planet.

a) equatorial swamp

b) rainforest

c) forgotten Inca city

13. Animators spent three days drawing, painting and …of the famous waterfall for reference before going to the drawing board.

a) building film sets

b) taking pictures

c) taking in the sights

14. Director Pete Docter called the animators’ location visit the most …trip many of them would ever take in their lives.

a) magnificent

b) disastrous

c) dangerous

3.40-6.53 min.

Join the parts of the sentences:

a. The Lord of the Rings series brought Middle-earth to vivid life,

b. Peter Jackson’s home country's spectacular landscapes were an obvious and perfect setting

c. One location was envisioned by Jackson as the perfect one to stand in for the Shire,

d. The hobbit holes, tiny homes built into the rolling mountainside,

e. The area is still home to an active sheep farm,

f. The tree is a replica which looks exactly like the original,

g. Fans can take a bus to the set from the small town of Matamata nearby,

h. British Columbia's Hadley Castle was constructed in 1908 for the region's lieutenant-governor,

i. British Columbia's Hadley Castle has been used as a Naval College and in 1994 was converted into Royal Roads University,

j. The most prominent use of Hadley Castle was as the exterior of Professor Xavier school for gifted youngsters in the X-men film series,

k. It most recently appeared in 2016’s Deadpool,

l. For Christopher Nolan's 2005 reboot Batman Begins,

m. The manor has changed hands many times over the decades,

n. By the third installment Wayne Manor had been rebuilt,

o. The Twilight series struck gold by combining a classic romance with vampires and werewolves,

p. While the novels were set in Washington state,

q. Oregon locations included the Carver cafe in the tiny town of Damascus,

r. If you want to visit Bella's house, which is located in St. Helens,

i. an updated, yet Gothic, Wayne Manor was required.

ii. you can do that too.

iii. the film's turned to the neighboring state of Oregon to replicate some of the novel's most iconic locations.

iv. but it has served many different purposes.

v. remained after filming was completed.

vi. and the dreary setting helped to set the series a tragically romantic tone.

vii. which today likely has more tourism than they ever bargained for.

viii. to shoot many of the series’ most famous scenes.

ix. and it will reprise its most famous role in that film's forthcoming 2018 sequel.

x. but the portion that was used as a film set is now open to the public.

xi. but it has consistently been a towering presence on the screen.

xii. where heroic Hobbit Frodo lives and begins his journey.

xiii. but filmmakers didn't have to look far for inspiration.

xiv. where the characters hang out after school hours.

xv. but it has also moonlighted as a movie and television star.

xvi. and plans were underway to turn the manor into a resort and golf course.

xvii. which was a real tree that was transplanted to the location and died shortly after filming.

xviii. beginning with the first film in 2000.

6.54-9.30 min.

Do the following crossword and complete the gaps in the text with the words from it:

Film locations

Complete the crossword puzzle below:

Created using the Crossword Maker on TheTeachersCorner.net

Down

1. to take food or drink down through throat

2. important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something

5. very careful about small details

Across

3. a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience

4. growing or expanding very quickly

6. a place to which many people are attracted

7. relating to a very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering

8. a large, rounded rock that has been smoothed by the action of weather or water

9. extremely upsetting because connected with suffering

10. a popular and exciting place

The state of Georgia's tax credit system has made the state of filmmaking … The number three filming location in the U.S., behind Los Angeles and New York, Atlanta in particular, has become something of a … for on-location filming, standing in for any number of other U.S. cities. It's able to do this because of its relatively common architecture, but if your film setting happens to require high concept futurism, Atlanta has that, too. The Marriott Marquis, built in 1985, features an abstract design, and an atrium that looks sleek and futuristic even today. It was first featured shortly after completion in the 1986 film Manhunter, the first adaptation of the Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon and the first on-screen appearance of Hannibal Lecter, but it was featured more prominently in the second and third films of The Hunger Games series as the setting for many scenes in the Capitol's tribute center. It may have looked like a set built specifically for the … film series, but you can pop into the Marquis atrium any time and feel for a moment like you've been transported to the tribute center yourself.

2010's widely acclaimed 127 hours is based on the … true story of Aron Ralston who found himself alone in the woods with his arm pinned under a … for just that length of time. One of the film's early scenes features a gorgeous pool made from a natural underground cave formation that appears as though it only could have sprung from the minds of Hollywood set designers, but it's an actual location in the same state in which the story takes place, although it's a bit far to the north. The

beautiful underground pool is located about 30 miles outside of Salt Lake City, Utah at the Homestead Resort & Spa at Midway, about 300 miles from where the real Aron Ralston went through his .... Visitors must schedule all activities with the spa’s staff in advance and keep in mind that these activities absolutely do not include jumping in from the lip of the cave like James Franco does in the film. That was a little bit of creative license by the filmmakers.

The world of Star Wars feels as real to many fans as the real world and with good reason.

The original film spectacular and … set design contributed to the feel of an actual lived-in world, something no science fiction film before had accomplished. Most fans know that throughout the series scenes taking place on the … desert planet of Tatooine were shot on location in Tunisia, but many would be shocked to see those locations today. That's because many of the sets comprising Tatooine landscapes still stand in the middle of the Sahara, slowly being consumed by the desert. Aside from the passage of time, they still look exactly as they did in the films and were once … tourist attractions. Many of the workers who helped build the set still live right nearby, having for years made their living from the tourism, which is now

fading. Fans who want to get a look at Anakin Skywalker's home planet may want to do so soon, before the sands of time, not to mention the actual sands … it up completely.

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