Roberto Moreno: April 2016

The Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) is filled with different kinds of exhibition and demos that specifically deal with mass media and communications. The museum is located right next to the Kaufman Astoria Studios which give it a very ‘Hollywood’ feel when entering the area. The first demo I experienced was the optical illusion wheels. It was a basic image of a man running but wheel created an illusion of the moving cycle. My mistake was that I spin the wheel the wrong way, so the man kept running backwards.
One of my favorite exhibition was the different types of film cameras. They had on display so many diverse cameras. Their size was colossal compared to the film cameras we used in lab. I like that these cameras had tripods instead of being on a wheelie, they look like art pieces instead of usable items.

The flip book maker was a fun demo to do. A tough aspect that I learn was putting my skills of finding the right camera angle to the test. The camera was stable so it was a basic zoom in and out, and tilt up and down. That’s what made it difficult, was that once I moved into the screen, my body was not fitting properly in the screen. Overall, the museum allowed me to realize how not all new technology is good. New movies always rely on CGI and computer graphics, but the museum made me see how a simple thing, like old fashioned costumes or make up can had a great depth to the film.

-Roberto Moreno
Blog #4 MOMI Reflections

Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar is one of the best music videos to incorporate a storyline, motivated camera movements and establish a relationship between shots alongside a music track. The video begins with Benatar being kicked out of her family home. The camera angle is a bit lower when viewing the parents (POV of Pat Benatar being smaller and weaker) The camera switched between Pat and her parents with her slowly walking away. The next scenes are with Pat Benatar when she is a bit older. She is walking thru a scratchy part of town. To add effect, the music video flashed between signs that read “Girls, Girls, Girls” or ‘XXX”. Thus not explicitly saying but implying that Pat Benatar might be a sex worker. When she arrives at the club, there is cool tracking shot of the patrons and dancers hanging out. With some wide shots to close ups. The most epic scene was the big dance number in the middle. Once it started, the creepy guy is seen being shoved away from the camera, and then there is a slow pan out while Pat Banatar does the famous shoulder shimmy. Has she keeps dancing, the camera zoom into a close up of the creepy guy showing him being scared, as if he were about to lose a fight. The editing in this piece really helps put the story of the music video together. At the end, the viewer wanted to cheer on Pat Benatar as she walks into the sunset.

-Roberto Moreno

Blog #3 Editing Analysis

Interview with Alyson Indursky about a dramatic experience she encountered at Hunter College.
-Roberto Moreno
Project #2 Audio Portrait of a Person

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