Museum of the Moving Image

             As I was walking towards the Museum of the Moving Image on a Saturday, I noticed the doors, the structure of the building and the floors. The structure was in my perspective a fine balance between old and new. The windows were noticeable because it had a shade of colors. The door entrance was colorful and was formatted in specific shapes that looked triangular (pyramid) and spelled the name of the museum.  Upon entering there was a floor that gave an illusion of movement. My first perspective was a white wall with moving images.  The image that grabbed my attention was the moving car and the sign that said Astoria. It immediately noticed a line for the entrance fee so it took a few minutes for the line to move. As I waited, I kept looking the white wall and the moving images. Although, there wasn't any music or sound I still enjoyed it. As I paid the entrance fee, I received a ticket, a museum map and a sticker that contained the museum’s name. 

            As I walked up the first flight of stairs, I heard a sound and saw another white wall with moving images. I watched the short film for 7 minutes about a flower and a fan. The images where showed in a perspective of drawings and it didn't have any dialogue. The film portrayed a moving fan and a growing flower, although it was very common and predictable, the sounds kept the film very interesting. I checked out the exhibitions for “behind the scenes” and what struck me the most were the character costumes and makeup stations. It takes ours to create mask or a simple make-up can take hours to perfect.        

            On the third floor of the museum, I saw the exhibitions for cartoons and sound effects. There was a cartoon show playing and it was my first time seeing a cartoon portrayed in lines and sounds. There was no specific character and it was all related to a specific sound as something fell down, the line went down or vice-versa.

The sound isle was very interesting because I saw the different types of microphones such as Western Electric Types and Siemens & Haiske Ribbon Style.

I played with the Foley effects machine; I used a sound of water and a moving image randomly given by the machine and it created a funny clip. I learned that the film projector hasn't changed much since 1920”s.  A still picture changed to a moving image through rapid motion. As shown in a machine displayed in the museum, it was about Chaplin.