As we walked from room to room a feeling of comfort ran over me - an evolution of video cameras and the use of technicolor reminded me of the movies that I grew up watching as a child. The way in which we saw behind the scenes footage of "The Wizard of Oz" as well as experiencing sound overs in the audio room transformed me from being not a only a viewer but a contributer to this particular type of media. Though this was a small task, I was able to take in new information and apply it to the movie, creating a bond between both myself and the movie.
Walking along the exhibits, new aspects of media were brought to my attention, one in particular being stop-motion film. The interchangeability of ways in which this aspect can be conveyed was truly apparent in the museum - from a video flip-book that you can make with your friends, a video made with cut-out paper props on a computer to the vintage Mutoscopes.
Each of these were able to engage the viewer and turn each aspect into a tangible form of media. By including myself, the viewer into the process, I am able to familiarize myself with the inner workings of each aspect which allows more communicative behavior, more so than if I were to just to witness it without any initiation.
