*Museum of the Moving Image*

The Museum of the Moving Image is a great place for a film/media student to learn more about the craft and field they are most interested in. I would recommend people go to this museum even if they're not studying film or media studies because there is so much intriguing information about all aspects of film and television, and so much attention to detail that it was overall, a really enjoyable experience. The first area that I walked through was the costume design, life masks and molds, and of course the Breaking Bad exhibit. The life masks were really cool to look at because they're actual molds of the actors' faces made of "Plaster of Paris", and the one that really caught my eye was the life mask of the famous Al Pacino in The Godfather: Part III (1990). The section closest to this was Breaking Bad, which was one of the greatest shows on television and unfortunately concluded this September. The Costume Design section was incredible. It had many different costumes and parts of a wardrobe from various movies and shows. Costume Design didn't become an important component of Hollywood until the film industry expanded in the 1930's. Before then, silent-film stars themselves picked what they wore on set. In this section they showed the boxing gloves that Robert DeNiro wore as he trained for his part in the Raging Bull (1980). I'm a huge boxing fan and Raging Bull is a classic, so seeing that in the museum was nice. Of all the parts of the museum, the one that interests me the most is the "Editing Live Television" section. I've always been extremely interested in television shows, and especially "Live" television shows. These shows are recorded in real time and are edited as the action is happening. I kind of already had an idea of what it takes to run a live show, but being able to actually see it happen was great. The director directs his crew as he views every camera shot on a screen, and chooses what shot will be shown on T.V next. Baseball is a big part of my family, so being able to watch Bill Webb, the director, instructing and "calling the shots" to a NY Mets game was awesome.