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Village Roadshow Studios

Village Roadshow Studios is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Village Roadshow Studios rather than just read about it. In short: Village Roadshow Studios are a set of film studios located in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The studios are owned by Village Roadshow and consist of nine sound stages and a range of other production facilities.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Village Roadshow Studios are a set of film studios located in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The studios are owned by Village Roadshow and consist of nine sound stages and a range of other production facilities. The studio commenced in June 1991 and is one of four film studios in Australia, the others being Disney Studios Australia in Sydney, Docklands Studios Melbourne, and Perth Film Studios in Perth. The studios have been home to many feature films, telemovies, TV series and miniseries. Some feature film productions include Aquaman, San Andreas, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Scooby-Doo, House of Wax, Ghost Ship, and Thor: Ragnarok. TV productions have included H2O: Just Add Water, Terra Nova, BeastMaster and the Lost World series.

History Village Roadshow Studios opened in 1986 and was commissioned by Dino De Laurentiis for De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL). Village Roadshow purchased DEL and took over the facility in 1988. From July 1988, the studios were occupied producing television shows for Paramount Television: Mission: Impossible for the American Broadcasting Company and Dolphin Bay for CBS. In November 1988, Warner Bros. acquired a 50% share of the studio and jointly proposed with Village Roadshow to build Warner Bros. Movie World theme park, which opened adjacent to the studio in 1991. Despite their physical proximity and operational links, the studios and theme park are separate entities. The studio was renamed Warner/Village Roadshow Studio. The theme park, and the studios' management have no involvement with productions and, as such, do not recommend cast, crew or extras. This is done independently by the production. However, experienced Warner Bros. Movie World staff are often involved in productions filmed at the studios. The studios are not open to the general public and as the productions are independently owned, permission to go on-set can only be obtained from the production itself. In June 2004, a fire in Sound Stage 8, during the production of House of Wax, destroyed the sound stage.

Facility The facility consists of nine sound stages, three water tanks (two outdoor and one indoor; one of which is the largest purpose built film water tank in Australia), 10 production areas, five construction workshops, onsite support facilities, two wardrobe and laundry facilities, accounting services, lock ups, screening and editing, preview theatrette, visual effects studio, film processing, post production, travel and freight services, and much more. In addition to producing a variety of television shows and films, the studios have also been used by the adjacent Warner Bros. Movie World theme park. When the two facilities opened in 1991, a Studio Tour was run from Warner Bros. Movie World throughout the production areas of the Village Roadshow Studios before returning to the Movie Magic Special Effects Show. In 2011, both Sound Stage 1 and 2 were utilised for the theme park's annual halloween event, Fright Nights. The Saw and Zombie Apocalypse mazes were housed in these studios throughout October. In 2018, some sound stages were used for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and played host to sports such as boxing and table tennis. Temporary spectator seating was installed for a total of 6,200 people for the two sports.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Village Roadshow Studios

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Village Roadshow Studios claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Village Roadshow Studios before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Village Roadshow Studios ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Village Roadshow Studios

In research: Village Roadshow Studios appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Village Roadshow Studios in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Village Roadshow Studios is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in Australia, 2018 Commonwealth Games venues, Australian film studios, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Village Roadshow Studios outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Village Roadshow Studios in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Village Roadshow Studios matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Village Roadshow Studios?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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