Blog #4

I enjoyed the class trip to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. Its one of the few museums in New York City I had yet to go too. One thing that stood out to me the most was the costume/wardrobe portion of the museum. In this particular section I realized just how important the wardrobe selection is to the film. It has so much meaning to it. The costume represents the time period, the mood of the character, who he/she wants to be portrayed as. Let alone how much work is done by the costume designer to create these pieces. Especially in films from the early and mid 20th century. So much detail into these costumes. There were some costumes and outfits that I looked at and saw, wow is that even a costume it looks so simple, like the one Eddie Murphy wore in Beverly Hills Cop. It was great to see the dress in person from Mrs. Doubtfire, a movie I remember seeing 10 years ago. Not only that but right next to the dress was the fat suit, which Robin Williams wore in the movie to make him look like this fat older lady. The whole museum was fascinating and I enjoyed really all parts to it, especially seeing the different TVs, Cameras and Film Equipment from the early 1900s, and its progression to todays time period. The TVs stood out to me the most because they literally looked like a piece of furniture with a screen on it, which is exactly what people wanted in their households at the time. Incredible to see its progression from a small screen on a piece of living room furniture to a 50 in flat screen tv. Overall fun experience, will definitely come back.