Museum of the Moving Image
After having my fill of paintings in museums such as the MoMA, the Guggenheim and the Met, I felt it was time for me to see some more pictures, but… in motion. Movies and TV programs are the everyday means of displaying the arts of motion pictures. But how does it all work? To answer this question one must venture into the heart of Queens and head to the Museum of the Moving Image located in Astoria. Residing across the street from the famed Kauffman Studios, the Museum of the Moving Image’s goal is to advance the appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology involved in film, television, and digital media. The museum offers some great exhibits such as “Behind the Screen” in which I got to see the various aspects of movie making like the production and marketing of the movies. I was also happy to find that the museum had its own theater. I managed to sit in on one of the shows, which was a classic episode of Captain America. What I found the most interesting, being a sports fan, was the replica of a sports broadcasting station. In it, there are several screens all showing different images of a sporting event. The exhibit simulates how a producer must decide on which screens to show, for how long he must show them and when he must show them. This place was great and, if you like movies and TV you will love the Museum of the Moving Image.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Awesome, you got to see an old episode of Captain America! Your visit to the Musuem of Moving Image reminded me of what Anna-Maja wrote about in her blurb because you got to see the behind the scenes production process.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Hm, I’d like to know what you saw behind the scenes
Marketing the movies itself is a form of art that requires creativity, like a certain professor of ours has mentioned. What have you noticed about changes in styles of movie-making over the years?