Feature Film Residential Use and Aspirational Depictions of People Within Los Angeles, California
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Feature Film Residential Use and Aspirational Depictions of People within Los Angeles, California Item Type text; Electronic Report Authors Grantham, Laura Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 04/10/2021 09:17:27 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/632166 Feature Film Residential Use and Aspirational Depictions of People within Los Angeles, California by Laura Grantham _____________________________ MASTER OF SCIENCE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2019 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank all the University of Arizona GIST staff who have been such wonderful teachers. In particular, I thank Chris Lukinbeal who worked heavily with me on this project. I also thank Naveed Ahmed, who helped obtain information from the Imdb servers. Finally, I thank my family and friends for their support. 2 To Mom, Dad, and Suzi. Without whose love during this time, I would have not had the ability to complete this project. To my dearest friends. Without whose support during this time, I would have not had the strength to complete this. To my dogs. Without whose love and attention, I would have completed this project in a timelier manner. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................................................2 TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................4 LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................................................5 LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................6 ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................9 METHODS ....................................................................................................................................12 Study Area ................................................................................................................................. 12 Data ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Density Analyses ....................................................................................................................... 17 Hot Spot Analysis .................................................................................................................. 17 Kernel Density Analysis ........................................................................................................ 19 Spatial Join Analysis ............................................................................................................. 20 Business Analyst Online ........................................................................................................... 21 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ....................................................................................................22 East Pasadena ............................................................................................................................ 22 Agua Dulce ................................................................................................................................ 28 Encino ........................................................................................................................................ 32 Hollywood ................................................................................................................................. 36 CONCLUSIONS ...........................................................................................................................41 APPENDIX A: DOMINANT TAPESTRY MAPS GENERATED FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ...........................................................................................................42 REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................48 4 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Movies Filmed in East Pasadena between 2008 and 2011 .............................................. 24 Table 2 Movies Filmed in Agua Dulce between 2008 and 2011 .................................................. 29 Table 3 Movies Filmed in Encino between 2008 and 2011 .......................................................... 34 Table 4 Movies Filmed in Hollywood Between 2008 and 2011 .................................................. 38 5 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Promo for New Girl (Imdb 2019) ................................................................................... 10 Figure 2 Screenshot of the Loft in New Girl (Imdb 2019) ........................................................... 11 Figure 3: Map of Los Angeles County ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 4: The Thirty Mile Zone .................................................................................................... 14 Figure 5 Residential Feature Film Locations ................................................................................ 15 Figure 6 Cadillac Jack's Cafe and Pink Motel .............................................................................. 16 Figure 7 Hot Spot Analysis of Filming Locations ........................................................................ 18 Figure 8 Heat Map of Filming Locations ..................................................................................... 19 Figure 9 Kernel Density of Filming Locations ............................................................................. 20 Figure 10 Most Used Neighborhoods ........................................................................................... 21 Figure 11 Tapestry Segmentation Infographic for East Pasadena (Esri 2019) ............................. 23 Figure 12 Date Night Movie Poster (Imdb 2019) ......................................................................... 25 Figure 13 Above: Screenshot from Date Night (Date Night 2010) and Below: Google Street View of 620 Vallombrosa Dr ............................................................................................ 26 Figure 14 Google Street View of 608 Vallombrosa Dr ................................................................ 27 Figure 15 Tapestry Segmentation Infographic for Agua Dulce (Esri 2019) ................................ 29 Figure 16 Example of House Located on Agua Dulce Movie Ranch (Film History 2019) ......... 31 Figure 17 Example of Trailers Located on Agua Dulce Movie Ranch (Film History 2019) ....... 31 Figure 18 Top Left: Vasquez Rocks Bottom Left: Frankenstein Right: Lion King (Film Hisotry 2019) ................................................................................................................................. 32 Figure 19 Tapestry Segmentation Infographic for Encino (Esri 2019) ........................................ 33 Figure 20 View of 15353 Sutton St (Zillow 2019) ....................................................................... 35 Figure 21 Google Street View of 3634 Royal Meadow Rd .......................................................... 36 Figure 22 Tapestry Segmentation Infographic for Hollywood (Esri 2019) .................................. 38 6 Figure 23 Google Street View of 1325 N Ogden Dr .................................................................... 40 Figure A 1: Appendix A, Figure 1. The Tapestry Segmentation Categories (Esri 2019) ............. 43 Figure A 2: Appendix A, Figure 2. Dominant Tapestry Profile Report for East Pasadena (Esri 2019) ................................................................................................................................. 44 Figure A 3: Appendix A, Figure 3. Dominant Tapestry Profile Report for East Pasadena (Esri 2019) ................................................................................................................................. 45 Figure A 4: Appendix A, Figure 4. Dominant Tapestry Profile Report for Encino (Esri 2019) .. 46 Figure A 5: Appendix A, Figure 5. Dominant Tapestry Profile Report for Hollywood (Esri 2019) ........................................................................................................................................... 47 7 ABSTRACT Feature films and other visual media are well known for not showing realistic portrayals of how people live but rather for depicting an aspirational reality in which the way people are portrayed to live does not match with their social-economic circumstances. This project seeks to probe this phenomenon by examining residential locations used for feature film productions between 2008 and 2011 in Los Angeles County. This project uses GIS analyses and Business Analyst to answer the following question: What residential locations are most prominently depicted in the Greater Los Angeles region in feature films in 2008-2011? More specifically I focus in on which neighborhoods, and