Moving Images

During our tour to the Museum of the Moving Image, I was exposed to many different aspects of film and the progression of media. From the magic lamp to the arcades found in movie theaters, the museum offers countless interactive experiences that show all of the effort that goes into the creation of moving images. While on the tour, our guide showed us the Automatic Dialogue Replacement or ‘ADR’ booth. ADR is the process of re-recording dialogue by the original actor after the filming process to improve audio quality or reflect dialogue changes. In our case we used the booth for some voice-over work. ADR provides a critical role in capturing clear audio from the actors that would otherwise be degraded by the various sounds on the actual set. ADR is one of many aspects found in media that I doubt the larger population of consumers would understand.  This also speaks to the evolution of technology in the production of media.

Media is in a constant state of flux. Though our museum tour ended, it must be said that even as we speak, new forms of media find its way into the eyes, and ears of people. Media’s constant change through the use of technology will help push new experiences we already have contenders like Virtual Reality, which has a strong following, or positional based audio in headphones for better immersion. These along with many other breakthroughs in technology will allow for more and more media creators to expand on the moving image.