Media Blog 4

Nashwa Rockingster
Media Blog 160
May 13, 2015

Blog 4:

      My experience at the MOMI was wonderful! I really enjoyed seeing all the different artifacts. However, the one that stood out the most to me was the Bill Cosby set make-up. The colors were so vibrant and light, it ranged from a floral pink to a rosy red. There was an array of blushes, lipstick and powder. I personally love this aspect of the museum because I love make-up so much, especially that particular make-up color range. I found it interesting that the colors used on the Bill Cosby set was similar to the time period. In other words, the 80's was a time period of glitz, glamour, flamboyance and pop (when I say pop I mean the colors although the 80's is tremendously known for it's pop culture - music). The artifact I chose relates to this class in that different aspects of film can affect the way things look, even something as small as make-up can make a wide difference in the way things appear. We can see examples of this in all kinds of films. We know that when we watch something (particularly a film) a tremendous amount of work was done to shoot a scene or to make a character look a certain way to showcase an emotion or even an action. A great example of this would be a scene in Citizen Kane starring and directed by Orson Welles whereby Welles puts a shadow paper in front of the character who is wearing a starch white shirt so that the white doesn’t take away from the character and the deliverance of his performance. My time spent at MOMI was truly enjoyable and I look forward to going back.