Museum of the Moving Image Trip

So we took a trip to the Museum of the Moving Image and it was pretty cool.

It got off to a good start with our wonderful tour guide. She struck me right away as friendly and approachable, which is important when you're required to follow someone around for an hour.

We were treated to a number of interesting optical toys, all fun to play around with. While the appropriate age level for most of these things did seem to be particularly low, our guide's acknowledgment of this made everyone feel a little better about playing around with cut out animals.

The most interesting thing that I got out of the visit was the explanation of the Foley artist. I had no idea what this job entailed before hand, despite seeing it all the time in the credits for movies. Once I learned what it was, I started listening to the sounds around me and thinking of the strange and unexpected things they could be made to stand in for. On a few occasions I started thinking what it was about certain sounds that scared me or made me laugh.

I've been to the Museum of the Moving Image a few times before and seeing that its always interesting and informative, I'll definitely be going again in the near future.

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