Jackie's Blog

Visiting the Museum of the Moving Image I've never been much of a museum person, groaning whenever a friend, or even worse, a class suggests going. The Museum of the Moving Image was the first time I suggested to my friends that we go, despite it being in Queens. MOMI has been the only museum to completely capture my interest, and I believe it's because of my interest in film and the fact it was a little more tangible than an art or history museum. My group saw many exhibits, including prosthetics and masks, costumes, miniature set designs, how to trick your eye into seeing movement, and tabloid magazines of the past showcasing that days moviestar. My favorite by far was prosthetics and masks, and costumes. They had masks of Jim Carey’s green mask, Chewbacca, and King Kong. The tour guide described the process of making the masks, which takes hours to perfect. In the costumes exhibit, there were outfits from the extremely extravagant burlesque, to a t-shirt and jeans. My f...

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Hey! I’m Jackie, but I’m not from the boroughs like everyone else is. I’m from Westchester County, and attended Mamaroneck High School. Throughout three years of video production classes, I watched all of my classmates create these meaningful films about things they were passionate about, and I felt like I could never find anything inside me to do the same. I’ve always known that when making my films, I wanted to bring up a social issue and possibly make a difference, leading me to make a short film about female beauty standards, something that I do feel strongly about. While not the most technically sound, it’s the film I’m most proud about as it was finally a step towards finding out who I am as a filmmaker. My senior year of high school, I took a break from film production and enrolled in a film analysis class instead. Maybe this break would allow me to find myself, I thought. And luckily, it kinda did. I also took AP American Government my senior year, and this class opened a new...