Blog#3: MOMI Experience

The Museum of the Moving Images was an educational and interesting experience. I did not really know much about movie and television production until I came to the museum. One of the exhibits that I found interesting was the Titanic exhibition. Watching television, it never occurred to me how important every bit of sound was. At the exhibit I learned that for a certain scene, there were close to one hundred sound clips that were put into that scene. First we watched the clip with only dialogue, which was a bit weird. I did not feel any type of emotion, except that it was a bit funny. Then when the sound was added, such as people screaming, and the boat falling apart, I began to feel a sense of sadness. Sound is a crucial aspect in film making, because it makes the story more engaging. Another thing I learned about sound is, what is used to create it. I never thought about what was used to generate certain sound effects. For example in that same scene, while the boat was breaking, the ropes on the ship were snapping off. When I was told that the sound of that was a gun with a silencer I was a bit surprised because I would of never really paid any mind to that. Now I know that certain sound effects are made by foley artists who use other objects to imitate sound, which makes sense. I am sure that it costs more to damage a ship than to purchase a gun to get a certain sound. The changes in technology have definitely changed the way we experience them. From not being able to hear any dialogue or to watch television in black and white. The way we hear and see television has come a long way.