MOMI (Blog #4)
So I recently went to the Museum of Moving Images (MOMI) last Wednesday (5/2/18) instead of having a lecture. And this museum had everything from the "grandfathers" of projectors to even VR stuff. It was very interesting to experience these technologies in person. Although I'm learning about the film and editing process in class, it still was pretty cool to have a behind-the-scenes to films.
The first thing our tour guide showed and explained to us was these old-time projectors called Magic Lanterns, and they were basically dubbed the 'grandfathers' of projectors. The examples shown below these Lanterns were quite simple. A thing we all found weird, to us, was that all the backgrounds of these pictures were black.
The second thing he showed up was the Optical toys and the Zoetrope. I remember learning about these in first lecture I had in this film/media class. The guide demonstrated the both the Optical toys and the Zoetrope and it awesome.
Next to the Optical toys was a room where people could experience the 'illusion of movement'. It was basically a room where once the it becomes dark these devices would light up and it gave the illusion of them spinning. It pretty much blew my mind seeing it for the first time.
We then went over to the Mutoscopes, but unfortunately there was no time for everyone in the group to experience it.
The guide then led us to the history of film cameras and we got to see how film camera progressed and advanced. We even saw the first camera that captured colour, which many of us thought of The Wizard of Oz.
We also got to experience ADR. He allowed 2 people in our group to show examples, and they chose to do Babe and Some Like it Hot. After that, he showed us the soundtrack area and played a scene from Vertigo. He showed us how music and the soundtrack of a movie is so vital to a scene's emotion, especially when the scene doesn't have dialogue so we have to rely on the actor(s)'s face(s).
My favorite part of the whole tour was when he showed us the special effects area. The doll used in the Exorcist used Mechanical SE, and you can clearly see the line on the doll needed to make her head spin around. In a case like this in order to cover up the line they needed many aspects such as the lightning or make up.
Finally, I learned a little bit about the history of TVs and saw the development of projectors. I learned from the guide that people didn't really like the image of TVs back then in the early 20th century. So, companies made TV sets look home furniture such as dressers in order to mask the look. As TVs developed there were many different looks, like the one TV that looked like a laundry machines because the screen itself was circular and the set was a big box.
Overall, I really did enjoy my time at the museum and learned lot. I will definitely come back to experience all of the museum because I couldn't on the tour due to time constraints. What I really want to experience is the video game or the more modern part of media in the museum because that is what I'm interested in doing. It was a great trip, although the weather was too hot.
The first thing our tour guide showed and explained to us was these old-time projectors called Magic Lanterns, and they were basically dubbed the 'grandfathers' of projectors. The examples shown below these Lanterns were quite simple. A thing we all found weird, to us, was that all the backgrounds of these pictures were black.
The second thing he showed up was the Optical toys and the Zoetrope. I remember learning about these in first lecture I had in this film/media class. The guide demonstrated the both the Optical toys and the Zoetrope and it awesome.
Next to the Optical toys was a room where people could experience the 'illusion of movement'. It was basically a room where once the it becomes dark these devices would light up and it gave the illusion of them spinning. It pretty much blew my mind seeing it for the first time.
We then went over to the Mutoscopes, but unfortunately there was no time for everyone in the group to experience it.
The guide then led us to the history of film cameras and we got to see how film camera progressed and advanced. We even saw the first camera that captured colour, which many of us thought of The Wizard of Oz.
We also got to experience ADR. He allowed 2 people in our group to show examples, and they chose to do Babe and Some Like it Hot. After that, he showed us the soundtrack area and played a scene from Vertigo. He showed us how music and the soundtrack of a movie is so vital to a scene's emotion, especially when the scene doesn't have dialogue so we have to rely on the actor(s)'s face(s).
My favorite part of the whole tour was when he showed us the special effects area. The doll used in the Exorcist used Mechanical SE, and you can clearly see the line on the doll needed to make her head spin around. In a case like this in order to cover up the line they needed many aspects such as the lightning or make up.
Finally, I learned a little bit about the history of TVs and saw the development of projectors. I learned from the guide that people didn't really like the image of TVs back then in the early 20th century. So, companies made TV sets look home furniture such as dressers in order to mask the look. As TVs developed there were many different looks, like the one TV that looked like a laundry machines because the screen itself was circular and the set was a big box.
Overall, I really did enjoy my time at the museum and learned lot. I will definitely come back to experience all of the museum because I couldn't on the tour due to time constraints. What I really want to experience is the video game or the more modern part of media in the museum because that is what I'm interested in doing. It was a great trip, although the weather was too hot.
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