On Wednesday the 23rd of September, I took the N train from 59th street station to Astoria, Queens to visit the Museum of Moving Images. I had honestly never heard of the Museum but it was an interesting experience. After meeting up with the rest of the class, we were taken for an hour and a half tour that was like a walk-through timeline of the history of media and filmmaking. One of the most memorable parts of the tour was the sports broadcast station, which replicated the production screen that the director of a broadcast analyzes. The director has a headset that connects with every cameraman and he will call out the numbered cameras which each show a different angle of the game, which most viewers rarely notice, and just take as a normal part of the broadcast. This guy literally sits in the production room for 3 hours at a time coordinating every single different camera shot that the baseball game will show. I found that really interesting, and it definitely gave me a newfound appreciation for the work that goes into producing a sports broadcast. Another memorable part of the Museum was the video game arcade, which featured about 10 or 12 very old arcade games that many people in the class had grown up playing. It was a very nostalgic experience and it was very cool that they had accumulated and restored these old school video games. Besides that, the Museum featured many interesting exhibits and had a knowledgeable tour guides. All in all, a good experience.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
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