MoMI

Last week I had the pleasure of spending some time at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. This was my first experience at the museum and my first experience at a museum of this kind. For this class, I was told to focus on a number of exhibits having to do with film/media. The things that were most interesting to me on this excursion were the “World of Anomalisa” and the production exhibits.

            The “World of Anomalisa” exhibit was about the movie of the same that used stop motion to film it. The hotel scene and street/sidewalk scene sets were on display for us museumgoers to study. It was just amazing to see how much time and effort were put into details of designing ever little thing in the film. It also reminded me of how loaded the thought process must be when actually filming a stop motion film. I would maybe like to try some stop film animation when I have the resources and time to do so.

            The production exhibit was probably my favorite thing in the museum. It was really great and astounding to see all the thought that goes into filming. In this exhibit there were sketches (detailed and undetailed), layouts, and research images for scenes of the film “Silence of the Lambs”. There were also things I would not have expected to see like a schedule for filming. It’s great to see what goes on behind the scenes for films since that is what I am interested in. Another great aspect of this exhibit was the section dedicated to “The Wiz”. Growing up, I loved watching this movie and at MoMI I was able to see small statues of characters in the film, models of the set in Oz, sketches, and an actual costume (walking camera) worn by an actor in the film.