Museum of the Moving Image

Throughout our class visit to MOMI, I was continually fascinated, at first by the enormous and/or strange looking antique pieces of equipment to the complicated processes that go into each minute detail of a film or TV production. 

Never before have I realized how complicated the production can be for a regular season, (almost) meaningless Mets game. Because baseball is such a slow game, it is necessary for the production team to fill the time between pitches with shots of the crowd, the next batter, a player in the field, coaches, or anything else. The viewer doesn't take active note of how many different shots are used, perhaps because it just seems natural after years of watching similarly produced games. 

Another case of complicated production used for minute details was made evident when looking at the miniatures, which was probably my favorite exhibit. Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies and to see how incredibly detailed and small  the architecture was astonished me. Unfortunately the miniatures were at the end of our tour, so I didn't get to spend as much time dumbly staring at the sculptures as I would have liked. I plan on going to visit the Museum again soon.