TRIP TO MoMI 

        Not being a filmmaker myself, and knowing very little about the art, the MoMI really put the whole practice into perspective for me. The enormous displays elucidated just how far cameras and equipment have come- from big untransportable machines, to the small high-def ones found in every smartphone; whereas the interactive areas of the museum shed light on just how important the behind the scenes work of a movie really is. A particular area of the museum that I liked was where you can experiment with adding sounds to an image of a film, just like a foley artist. Prior to a couple of weeks ago I had no idea what a foley artist was, but now I have a whole new respect for just how much thought and skill goes into making the perfect sound effect/choosing the perfect noises for a scene. This along with the interactive activities that let the user experience how music can affect the tone and mood of something reminded me of a project I had previously done in a different- to tell two separate stories with the same set of images(and how I pulled an all-nighter, because I underestimated just how challenging this task would actually be). Very little attention is paid to just how important sound is in a film, and I am really grateful to be able to learn more about it.