The Museum of Moving Image in Astoria was an awesome museum. I thought it would be something boring, like other museums where you just look and ponder the meaning of various art painting and such, but this museum is rather more interactive and actually more interesting since I am interested in Film and Media.
The first thing in the museum that I encountered was the 3D side, in which, we had to wear 3D glasses and watch a screen in 3D and walk around it and see every angle. It was interesting but I have seen those in theatres.
The next exhibit that I witnessed is the first attempt at a moving picture. From flipbooks to those spinning thingy (I forgot what they are called), I learned about the moment of rest. With that moment, it actually makes each of the pictures connect and make the image move, which is the same concept of film.
We went to a room with a spinning statue. With the room lit up, it was just a regular spinning statue, but when the lights were shut down and turned on in a constant manner, it actually showed a moving/animated statue, which showed an example of the moment of rest.
Following that exhibit, we had our pictures taken at a booth, maybe like 25 pictures, and told us to move, like dance, jump, wave etc. It was for a flip book that they will print out for everybody, which we had to construct and turn the pages to see ourselves move. It’s a pretty awesome souvenir.
The rest of the tour was just exhibits about set props, antic cameras, wardrobe and arcades. I took pictures of them because they were really awesome, specially Robin William’s “Mork & Mindy” costume. I wanted to own a TV/Movie wardrobe since them. And guess what, I actually owned one now: http://daysideproductions.com/?p=942
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