Museum of Moving Images Experience

I was able to go to the Museum of Moving Images (MOMI) for the class trip and was very pleasantly surprised at how interactive the displays are instead of just being exhibits to stare at. The group I was a part of took part in demos for automatic dialogue replacement and sound effects replacement, among other things.

We spent some time at the display with the old television and radio display. Our tour guide explained to us the reason for the different shapes and sizes of the older television, such as how the necessary cathode rays were huge and necessitated a large case to enclose them. I found it particularly interesting that many old televisions used to be manufactured in the form of household appliances in order for people to get used to it. Because of this, we were actually able to see an old television in the shape of a dishwasher.

           
I found it interesting how a lot of the equipment actually seems to be unchanged from what it used to be. Television sets and editing stations are obviously different these days, especially since the medium that is used has changed to a digital one. However, microphones, lighting equipment, and the actual shape of the cameras themselves seem almost unchanged, which was really surprising. I would think that everything would have gotten lighter and sleeker and more portable, what with the increase of on location shooting, but the overall shape and bulkiness of the equipment seems to have been maintained throughout the years despite the inner technology evolving.