Field Trip to the Museum of the Moving Image

The field trip to the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria, Queens was my first visit to this facility. I had no idea what to expect since most museums I’ve visited only dealt with static displays of art and exhibits. Most of this museum was interactive, even with the stations where there was minimal interaction; our tour guide went in depth on the subject matter at hand to completely describe all scopes of the pieces we were learning about. One of the stations of the museum tour was an automated dialogue replacement (ADR) booth. In this booth, we were shown how in post-production some dialogue would need to be re-recorded. Our tour guide outlined the steps involved with the over-dubbing of the newly recorded dialogue and through that method; an effective recording is produced that enhances the original scene. The scene I picked to overdub was when Eddie Murphy was trying to impress a lady in Coming to America. The tour guide explained how someone would rehearse the lines before actually trying to say them in sync with the clip to try and get it right in the first take. Once the line was rehearsed, the individual would have to be in a specific spot in the booth to make sure the microphone in the room picked up the voice as clear as possible. The tour showed me how changes in technology have changed styles in film. Whether to use props or CGI became an important factor due to advances in technology. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the museum, especially the parts that had exhibits on Star Wars and Breaking Bad.