As a town, Sleepy Hollow can
be found in Westchester County, approximately 25 miles north of New York City.
Located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, it was originally named North
Tarrytown, but was renamed Sleepy Hollow after a residential vote to honor
Washington Irving’s piece. Irving visited the community as a young boy and
after setting The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
here and adding ghost stories he heard, the town gained worldwide recognition.
For centuries, people
visited the quiet town to get a glimpse into Irving’s work. This particular
time of year, with the upcoming Halloween holiday, people all over gather to
hear the history and ghost stories of the town’s history. The Sleepy Hollow TV show has led to an
even greater increase in tourism
to Sleepy Hollow, as reported by The
Wall Street Journal. The town hosts a variety of entertainment including
graveyard tours, gothic mansions, live music and shows, haunted hayrides and of course the retelling of
Washington Irving’s famous tale.
In
Sleepy Hollow there hasn’t been much
showing the town, or any of the famous landmarks within the story (i.e., the
bridge, graveyard, etc) however, the writers do make it clear to viewers when
the time is focused on the present and when it is dealing with the past by
changing the saturation of the film. This effect is also used to distinguish
between reality and the other worldly realms to ground the viewer as to where
the characters are in time.
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