Two weeks ago, our class took a trip to the Museum of Moving Images in Astoria, Queens. This museum gives people an understanding of the technology behind film and television, the art, history, and digital media that revolves around the notion behind the things we’ve watched growing up, through today's cinema. This museum not only holds thousands of collected artifacts relating to different production periods, but a vast collection of video games based from the 60’s (that you could actually interact with), magazine covers from different time periods, and various collections of themed toy figures.
What I liked most from this museum was the ability to interact with different types of production tools. My personal favorite section was the walk in studio which was used to re-record voice audio for a scene. It basically shows how efficient a person would need to be because it shows that timing is everything in production.
Aside from production tools, another section I favored in the museum were the display of costumes. It held costumes that were worn on set during the biggest films of that time, such as James Cameron’s, Titanic and Woody Allen’s, Annie Hall just to name a few. I thought this section was favorable because costume work is something I appreciate.
After visiting the museum, I learned that there is a lot more to film than what you see on the screen. The amount of work and production that goes behind the scenes never ceases to amaze me. Not a lot of people can appreciate the type of work that goes behind the making of a film, and I am just glad that this experience to the museum has expanded that for me.
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