Blog #4 MoMI


My experience at the Museum of the Moving Image might be a little different from others being that I have already been there. I went on a school trip to the museum when I was younger and went on very a similar tour so for me it was very interesting to go through a similar tour and take in the information in a different mindset, I was able to understand the importance of the information and different exhibits seeing them this time around because of my knowledge of media and film. When I first went when I was younger the museum was so cool to me because when I thought of a museum I would think paintings or sculptures but this museum seemed full of toys and stuff we could actually interact with; going back this time I understood more the art of the pieces there and the art behind the interaction with the different exhibits. The exhibit that I have always found interesting was the dubbing studio. The studio brings fun to a job that is actually very detail oriented and hard work; seeing this demo while young I thought it was so fun and cool to mess around with, but this time while doing it I realized how hard it could be to get everything exact and perfect, such as the words matching up perfectly or the perfect tone in voice. It also made me realize that there is so much power in someones voice, so much of someone is expressed in their voice and that is a crucial detail in animated films especially. Something else I have always found fascinating in the museum is the zoetrope, which is something that shows the beginning of film and the idea of the cuts in between pictures to create the illusion of movement; it is one thing to read about it and see pictures of it but to put it in from of someone and think about how that was a key tool in creating moving images is extraordinary. The Museum of the Moving Image has always and will always be one of my favorite museums and I really appreciate everything in there, it is not your typical museum and it makes learning fun. 

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