Museum Of the Moving Image Report, 04/15

An hour was a bit short for a full visit of the museum and go over all the exhibits in detail. Nevertheless, it was an interesting tour, as we had the chance to connect with the early years of American cinema. 
As an international, I did not recognize any of the famous pioneers portrayed on the wall, at the exception of Clint Eastwood and Charles Chaplin. It was an opportunity to discover some of the legendary American movie characters, and how Hollywood casts slowly evolved to incorporate actors of different ethnic backgrounds, as the society was changing.

It was also interesting to learn a bit more about the economic pattern of the film industry and the early development of the commercial exploitation of fictional movie characters, with an extended collection of magazines, figurines and all sorts of gadgets inspired from Star Wars or Star Trek characters.

The hair and make-up section was as well quite impressive, and I could catch a glimpse of all the different fields of work and jobs necessary on a movie set, and how long, precise and constraint bound was the process of creating specific outfits or make-up effects to achieve a level of accuracy in making an individual look old, or like an animal (Planet of the Apes).

On a technical level, many film cameras of the early beginning of television were available to see, and one of the striking aspects of those pre-digital era tools was that they were fairly bigger and a lot heavier than what is being used nowadays, probably restraining the possibilities in terms of angles and speed in a moving shot.