Ian Joslin

Erwc p4
Ms. Frederick

Objective summary

The romantic and musical film La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle, stars Ryan

gosling as Sebastian and Emma Stone as Mia. Sebastian, a musician and Mia, an aspiring

actress, meet in Los Angeles where they fall in love. Mia has a passion for acting while

Sebastian has a passion for jazz and has a dream of opening up a jazz club. Both encourage

each other's success as their love grows. With an idea from sebastia, Mia creates a one woman

show, as Sebastian joins a band that grew to incredible success, though he does not enjoy the

music or fame at all. They then get into an argument over dinner one night because mia is upset

that sebastian abandoned his dream, and he claims that she loved him more when he wasn't

successful. She leaves the dinner insulted.

The next day, Mias one woman show flops with only few people in the crowd. Sebastian

didn't even show up because of a photo shoot he had with the band. Broke, Mia is quits her

dream to be an actress and moves in with her parents in boulder city. Sebastian is at their

apartment when he receives a big casting call for Mia. He drives all the way to boulder city to

find her and insists that she must take the audition. At the audition she sings the story of her

aunt who inspired her to act. Afterwards, they tell each other they will always love each other,

but they will never know what the future holds. The films jumps to five years later where Mia is

married to another man. They stumble across a jazz club with the name she once came up with,

Sebs. There she glances at Sebastian who plays the main love theme throughout the film, as

they both imagine what life would have been if they stayed together. The film leaves you with

one last smile that Mia and Sebastian share.