Special Activity: MOMI

Things I’ve learned
• How the first gaming system was produced and who created it
• The way audio is done in films
• Special and visual effects done in movies. I really enjoyed the displays that were from two of Darren Aronofsky’s films.
• How the choking scene was done in “Black Swan”
• The difference between cosmetics then and now


One concept the tour guide explained was how the African Americans and Asians were type casted into movies during the early 1900s. I can’t quite remember the two actresses name that were well known but one of them were usually type casted as the “Mammy” because of her robust southern appearance. The other was an Asian woman who was type casted as the Femme Fatale/Seductress. Another concept was the producing of audio in films. She showed us the film “Titanic” as an example. The scene where the ship is already sinking, she told us how the sounds were produced such as the chimney breaking was done with a can and some one squeezing it. I can’t quite remember any thing else. Other than that, this field trip was rather splendid.