Blog 3: MOMI Trip

This was my first time going to MOMI, so it was a very interesting experience. The display that fascinated me the most was the one that had a drop of water changing into a bomb, paper and then into a paper airplane. I can see the allure that devices similar to this had for people in the era prior to film. It was also pretty cool to see devices such as the zoetrope in person since it was discussed in lecture.

I also enjoyed the ADR room because I was able to experiment with dubbing. I watch dramas that are dubbed and I was able to see first-hand what this process looks like. I imagine it is probably more difficult to dub in a different language because the finished product is nowhere near as smooth as dubbing in the original language. I have also watched Babe when I was younger and through the ADR room I was able to experience being a part of the film.

The museum also had other various points of interest. I don’t really watch any sports on TV and it was crazy how much work goes into editing a live game. There are so many cameras and the director is constantly switching the cameras being shown. I also saw how film producers work hard at creating an illusion. There is a lot of improvising in order to create the desired effect. For example, the Tyrell Corporation in the “Blade Runner” was just a large sculpture filmed at various angles to give off the illusion of a skyscraper; and the souls seen coming out of Freddy Krueger was just played by people moving around in an extremely large sweater. It was also very interesting to see the improvements that have been made on the television. The televisions of the past just look like big, clunky washing machines. In the future, televisions would probably look like devices from a sci-fi film and the TVs of our era would be the ones that future generations would see in museums.