Museum Trip!

I was very impressed with The Museum of the Moving Image class trip. I loved the design and actual structure of the museum as it had a modern vibe and original content. After entering the 3rd floor where there were many post production exhibits, the museum "tour guide" led us into a space where he showed us the making/editing of
"The Titanic's" sounds. I was very shocked to find out that most of the movie's sounds were not what they seemed like.

During this demo, the guide let us hear watch and hear a scene from Titanic where there were a lot of sound layers. I didn't even know there were layers until I was shown this. He played a scene where the ship was crashing, people were screaming, and music was playing. Turns our every one of those sounds was recorded individually and in ways I wouldn't imagine. For instance, the crew crushed a can for the sound of the ship breaking and threw a chair on the floor to make the sound of a person falling. I found these methods very interesting and humorous as I had not expected such a simple procedure from a high budget film production.
We were also shown how silly the movie would seem if they took away one layer. He did such a demo by taking away the music from the same scene and left only people screaming and panting. It definitely did not have the same effect as it did with the music.

I'm very satisfied with our trip to the museum because I was able to get a glimpse inside the making of movies.  I also enjoyed the dubbing demo and listening to professor Lucas do a voice-over for Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. I had a great time interacting with museum staff and exploring the museum. Overall, I had an amazing experience!