FIELD VISIT- MUSEUM WEEK1

2.08.2019,
So today we had a very interesting day, we visited the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Cumbala hill. It is an organisation that maintains a record of the social, political and cultural imaginations and realities of the country on film.
We learnt about many instruments that were used to make animation like zoetrope, thaumatrope, etc. We were introduced to the Lumeire Brothers and their creations, the moving train was one of them. Jeet sir gave us a lot of information on the theory of persistence of image and how Thomas Edison was the first who started the culture of studios by making Nickelodeons, where you put in one nickel to see pictures.  We also saw many movie posters and learnt a lot about them. The museum showcases movies from 1918 to 2013 covering 100 years of film. We also learnt how movies evolved from being silent, orchestral and then audio with visual. Alam Ara was the first movie which was supported with audio in the background. There were about 1335 movies before Alam Ara which were silent. We studied a lot of posters and understood the reason behind making them that way. We also came across a film which had the first illustrated poster which was a Bengali film, Gupi Gyne, Bagha Byne.
The animation and visual effect department was on the third floor which I enjoyed the most, it was very interactive and we could actually use the green screen, animate with the help of the set provided, basically understand how it is actually done in the industry.
I enjoyed a lot and the reason why I havent stated the instruments in my blog much is because the information is available on internet, what isnt available is the experience we had. As a group of student we understood what our interests are in, from my personal experience I’m not very camera or tech person but what was used in the past has intrigued me to know more.
Overall, the experience was great and we have decided to visit many such galleries and museums to keep ourselves updated.
For further updates on many such amazing field trips, stay tuned!


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