Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
MOMI
We went to visit the MOMI, Museum of Moving Images, last week on Wednesday. Beyond seeing the vague ads in the subway, I had no expectations on what the museum would feature.
The tour and the museum itself was much more interactive
with the context of its exhibits than I’ve experienced in other museum visits.
It held more formal aspects of film and media such as the history of film
cameras, costume design drawings, the zoetrope, and set design models but also
modern aspects like the Star Wars collection section or the Why are cats so
popular? corner. It was fascinating in how the start of the tour went from a
wide open space to a narrower area. We went from a replica of 2001 Space Odyssey
to the skinny passages of Tut’s Fever Movie Palace.
The demonstration that left the biggest impression on me was
the Audio Dialogue Replacement booth. I never consciously considered using
audio not only to replace what wasn’t recorded well but to achieve a comedic
feeling with it. We did a brief three line sequence from “Some like It Hot”. It
was hilarious when we had a male voice speaking Marilyn Monroe’s lines. The way
she delivers them is funny but having a mix of male and female voices, some of
them deadpan, was amusing and created a parody like tone. After writing and
watching so many emotionally impactful films, I forgot how to convey happier feelings
so this was a great experience.
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