# Hollywood Boulevard reference board

Licensed photographs of the real El Capitan Entertainment Centre block at 6840 Hollywood
Boulevard, used as evidence for the venue's proportions, signage and staging. They are
development reference only and are **not** shipped with the game.

This board covers **two game venues that share the location**: the Hollywood day shift and the
Late Night TV Studio, which is the same building restaged as a studio arrival (bulb canopy, black
car, barrier line). The premiere-staging photo below is the arrival evidence; there is no separate
TV Studio board.

Provenance, licences and the decisions these photos informed are in
[`SIDECAR.md`](SIDECAR.md). The rules for this folder are in
[`../README.md`](../README.md); generated art-direction frames live in
[`../../concepts/hollywood_boulevard/`](../../concepts/hollywood_boulevard/README.md).

| Photo | What it is evidence for |
| --- | --- |
| ![El Capitan facade, day, with three vertical banners](el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg) | **Facade, day.** Six Ionic columns, the Masonic parapet motto, banner count and size, stone joints, window rhythm and the marquee overhang. |
| ![El Capitan theatre blade sign and the Masonic temple frontage from the street](el-capitan-theatre-blade-sign-day-wikimedia-2008-10.jpg) | **Block relationship.** The theatre's vertical blade sign next to the temple frontage, the setback, kerb line and street width. |
| ![The Masonic Temple in 1922, before the theatre complex](masonic-temple-historic-pd-1922.jpg) | **Original elevation.** The 1922 facade with the motto band, cornice and column order, before later signage and tenants. |
| ![Ovation Hollywood across the boulevard](ovation-hollywood-across-street-pd-2006-12-28.jpg) | **Across the street.** The Ovation Hollywood frontage, its height relative to the temple, and the plaza opening on Highland. |
| ![Red carpet premiere staging with barriers along the sidewalk](premiere-staging-street-day-wikimedia-2006-02-12.jpg) | **Premiere staging.** Red carpet run, crowd barriers, tent line and the way the sidewalk narrows for an event — the arrival staging used by the TV Studio venue. |
| ![El Capitan Theatre marquee and blade sign next to the temple colonnade](el-capitan-theatre-marquee-neighbour-day-wikimedia-2009-07-11.jpg) | **West neighbour.** The El Capitan Theatre's blade sign, marquee and Disney/Ghirardelli shopfronts, and how the temple colonnade meets them at the corner. |
| ![Walk of Fame terrazzo band with stars in front of the El Capitan Theatre](walk-of-fame-terrazzo-ovation-day-cc0-2019-06-20.jpg) | **Terrazzo band.** Star size and spacing, the charcoal terrazzo strip width, and the sidewalk depth in front of the theatre and Ghirardelli. |
| ![Close view of two Walk of Fame stars in the terrazzo](walk-of-fame-star-closeup-cc0-2022-07-08.jpg) | **Star close-up.** Star proportion, the brass medallion, lettering inset and the terrazzo aggregate scale for the pavement material. |
| ![Hollywood Boulevard at night, lit building and street lamp](hollywood-boulevard-night-context-ccbysa.jpg) | **Night street context** (near Vine, not the hero block). Street-lamp bloom, lit facade windows, palm silhouettes and the blue-hour palette used for the late-phase lighting target. |

## Gaps to fill

- **Night photograph of the hero facade and blade sign.** The current night evidence is a
  different block near Vine (street-lighting palette only) plus the generated night concept. A
  licensed night frame of 6840 Hollywood Blvd is still the highest-value missing reference.
- A sidewalk-level shot of the steps and door recess where the guard actually stands.
- The east retail neighbour beyond the temple (the modern retail block), for facade rhythm at the
  right-hand edge of the venue.

Add new files with the naming convention in [`../README.md`](../README.md) and list them in the
sidecar in the same commit.