Museum of the Moving Image

This is my first visit at the Museum of the Moving Image. When I first got there, I really liked the interior of this building. We were divided into groups and I ended up with a guide called Alex I believe. When I first joined with Alex, the group is at a place that has a lot of models that were used in some well-known movies and TV Shows such as Star Wars and The Blade Runner. I was able to see how small one of the planet and the spaceship that were appeared in Star Wars. Alex told us that they used those models to film in a dark/black background so that it would look like it’s in space. The building that is in The Blade Runner is also very cool because of the details on it.
Later, we get to see some very old filmmaking cameras as well as cameras that were being used on live television. Those live television cameras are very big and they don’t use films, instead the recording is being transferred through signals. We proceed to a place where we got to see a live thaumatrope with the bird and cage (although I didn’t really find it as fascinating as I thought it would be.) We then went into a tiny sound proof room that was for recording voice-overs. It was very funny seeing some of the students dubbing for a character in a scene. After that we went to do some sound effects for a scene in The Terminator, which was also hilarious. In the end, I have decided to play a bit of Mortal Combat in one of those arcade machines before I leave the place.
During this exhibition, I was able to see in person of how technology has evolved; from thaumatropes to film cameras, then there are live television cameras. There are also a bunch of old televisions and radios place in order to show us how technology has changed.
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