The Museum of Moving Images

The Museum of Moving Images is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of artifacts relating to the art, history, and technology of the moving image. I appreciated the visit very much. It’s a great extension for our in class study.
Behind the Screen is the exhibition that illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving images. It shows more than a thousand film and television artifacts, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques. It does not only display the procese, it also invites you to step in, experience the process. I made my own 5 second clip book, and I record a soundtrack for a motion picture….
As we discussed in class, the illusion of the moving images, is the basic theory of film and Video. The museum offers a variety of models of the early inventions. For example, the Zoetrope created the illusion of a moving image by consisting of a small cylinder with pictures going all around the inside of it. Because each picture has a little consists different from others, when its spin quickly, images appear to be moving. The viewer can see the illution of moving images through the slits on the side but not on the top. It does porves that the illusion only appears when you see each picture one at a time.
The amazing development process of movie images shows us that the technique becomes more and more easy to control. Thanks to new techniques, like computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations…. We have much more creative space today.
One thing I never think before is that Film is also a great scientific invention in 19 century. One of the early inventions, tells me a story of scientist take a lot of pictures for horses or athletes to study their movements. I think that’s amazing to use visual technique not only for entertainment, but also for scientific research. Today’s scientists may also take a lot of advantages from film and video.