The song is a hit, and Mia is catapulted to stardom. It recalls the final scene of La La Land’s most obvious influence, When Sebastian and Mia reunite at the end of La La Land,The opening scene in La la land is non-diegetic, meaning the characters don't know they are singing. But say, Ryan Gosling playing piano when the camera whip pans back and forth to Emma Stone in the jazz club, that is diegetic, meaning they are aware and it is really happening.
Work Song: Damien Chazelle and Emma Stone confer on the set of “La La Land.”. Courtesy of Summit Entertainment. “It’s wonderfully realized by Emma,” praises Gosling. “It was actually
La La Land screens at the Toronto film festival on 12 September, and at the London film festival on 6 October. It opens in US cinemas on 16 December and in the UK on 17 January 2017
The onscreen drummer in “La La Land,” though, didn’t end up being a Seb-like hotshot. “It’s a sixtysomething dude sitting behind the drums like an old man,” says Erskine.