Trip to MOMI

On our trip to the Museum of the Moving Image, it was interesting to see different aspects of film production and graphic design like stop motion animation and 2D animation. As we were welcomed into the museum we were greeted by several tour guides of young ages and as one walked my group into the museum exhibits it felt a little childish. The tour guide’s questions weren’t intelligently thought out in the sense that the questions were revolving around the notion that we, Media students, had no idea what was there in the museum. The questions revolved, “What is a costume? Have you ever worn a costume? What is makeup used for in film production?” The tour guides could have easily advanced their facts and also their way of presenting the information to us college students despite being overwhelmed by the numbers of people they had received that day at the museum. One of the exhibits that I was extremely interested by was the makeup exhibit containing different tools besides regular cosmetics that included fake blood, prosthetics, and wax used for facial deformities. They even included actual makeup props that were used in famous films like the face Robin Williams wore in Mrs. Doubtfire, complete with wig. Another part that I really liked was the portion of the museum where all of the television sets of different times were all put together to show how far we’ve come across in the technological advancements and how the purpose of television is still the same.