Field Trip to Museum of the Moving Image

It was the first time I ever visited the museum and I truly enjoyed it. At first I was wondering why such museum is located in Queens, not Manhattan, but one of the tour guides explained to us that there was a major movie studio in Queens before they moved to Hollywood. It all makes sense now.

Upon entering the museum, I noticed the cool design of the entrance. It's definitely eye catching and creates a different mood compared to the rest of the neighborhood. The feeling inside the museum is almost space-like, as if we're in a space ship.

I learned about dubbing on this field trip. The museum has a room with the equipment used to dub voiceovers in the movie, much like the real room used in Hollywood. We had a several options of scenes from many different films to choose to do the voiceover exercise. Our group ended up choosing a scene from The Wizard of Oz. One of the girls volunteered herself to play Dorothy. She first had to rehearse, and then record the real one. After that, we could all listen to it. It was a really cool experience.

After that exhibition, my friend and I walked around the museum, admiring the stuff the have there.  One of the things that interested me most was the costumes from these classic movies. I was stunned by how amazing they are; we could see the little details that we normally don't pay attention to while watching a film. Overall, I had a fantastic time there.