Museum of Moving Image =)

A stroll through The Museum of Moving Image brought us back in time to the roots of film and media. First timers might not peg the inside to be what it is just from looking at the outside of it. During a tour at the museum we were re-introduced to some history with nineteenth century optical toys (from which we learned about during our lecture) such as the thaumatrope. Even though we learned about the background of these toys in class, it was still fascinating to see them in action.  Interacting in different exhibitions made the experience even better, the way the tour guide incorporated the students into the tour. For instance, testing our knowledge on Foley artists and guessing what objects they used in the movie Titanic. An elephant and a coke can were used for a part of the boat falling into the water. What? I’ll never watch that scene the same way again. Also redubbing a school of rock movie scene using ADR was a good time.

It’s pretty interesting to also see the primitive cameras. It left me thinking how nuts it is that we started all the way back from these heavy bulky cameras and now we have the opposite and most recent HD cameras like the GoPro.  Quite a difference of devices I’d say. But that goes for most devices and technologies used to today from back then. Cameras wouldn’t be anywhere as near as advanced as they are today without their history, and this place does a good job presenting that.  Overall this museum had a perfect balance of art and fun. If you love movies, history or technology, this is the place for you!