You know all those movies you thought were made in Hollywood? Gone with the wind, the matrix,

Ben Hurr? Well they weren't filmed in Hollywood at all. They were actually shot across town

in an area of Los Angeles County called Culver City. That's where you'll find the old

MGM film lot. This place is huge and it's legendary and there are these two white arched

gates at the front, step through them and you're in fancy land.

The first thing you see is this massive rainbow sculptor. It's an homage to one of my favorite

movies, The Wizard of Oz. And all around you are these mammoth billboards showcasing upcoming

movie releases and also these towering facades that are painted like shops, a dry cleaner,

a bowling alley, a movie marquee. You can go on a public tour of the place and they still

make TV programmes on the lot so there's always a chance of glimpsing a star or two as you

mooch around. And there are movie themed rides to go on as well. But away from the glitz,

the MGM lot is a workplace like any other. It's the HQ of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Behind

the buzz of the sound stages and celebs, hundreds of Sony's employees keep the place ticking

among them.

Selena Shavanette, how to describe me, the super awesome person all the time.

Selena's in a glamorous workplace, yes, but her job's kind of mundane.

It sounds fancy being in Hollywood, but it's really just being in a cubicle working on

the computer. So yeah, it's a lot of computer work and spreadsheets.

But the perks are pretty sweet. Like on your breaks or lunchtime, you get to go walk around

and like you could see sets and productions. I'm very social, so I would walk around

and talk to everybody and then try to get on the set. Like I got a tour of the Jeopardy

set and I got in trouble a bunch of times hanging out at the shark where Jeopardy is on the

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