Museum of Moving Images

After going to the Museum of Moving Images, I feel like I have a much better grasp on the process of video production, specifically with the sound. I spent some time at a demonstration where I focused on the sounds of motion pictures, and a guide there was asking the group that was there to guess which movies they were. The easier to guess was the titanic; being that you heard a woman yell Jack, and water splashing and whatnot. At the museum I learned of different aspects of sound. Those aspects were dialogue, Foley and I forgot the other one. I didn’t take notes, but coming off of straight memory I feel like I absorbed a lot. Dialogue I believe is the actual words that characters speak. I especially remember Foley because I thought to myself that it must be so hard to try to imitate real sounds with objects. I have a friend who makes beats and he also does that, and I find it so admirable. I had the most fun at an exhibit that’s titled “Behind the Screen.” There they had tons of artifacts, and most intriguing were the vintage game systems they had. I haven’t seen a super Nintendo in years. They had make-up from Sex and the city scenes that was interesting too, I suppose. There was a flip book generator there too! I was impatient so I didn’t participate, but I started to consider it as a good first date. The whole experience at the Museum was intriguing and it was overall a beautiful exhibit, and I would definitely go back. Mostly to try all the interactive stuff they had there.