Mueseum of the Moving Image

The Museum of the Moving Image is located in Astoria, Queens adjacent to Kaufman Astoria Studios. The museum is a 2 story building filled with artifacts and technology that have to do with movies and the moving image dating back to the beginning idea of the motion picture. In the museum along with the different exhibits there are several hands-on demonstrations that help you to understand some different processes that take place to create a motion picture.
One demonstration that I found extremely interesting was the sound editing demonstration. It was a fun demonstration that has the experimenter enter a sound box. You are given a scene on the screen and you have to match your voice with the que's so that sound can be added to the motion picture. I found this process of motion picture editing interesting.
Many people think that when filming a movie the sound is being filmed along with the picture. This idea is false. The film aspect is strictly for the picture. In post production the actors are sent into a sound studio where the actor records their lines on audio tracks that are then synced along the film. In latter and recent films you can sometimes notice that the syncing wasn’t exactly accurate. However, video is different. In video the picture and the sound are being captured together. In the last five years the filming techniques for movies are changing and now most editors have adapted to digital editing. I highly recommend those who have the opportunity to check the Museum of the Moving Image out to check it out. It truly captures the essence of the movie making process.