MOMI Blog Post

I went to the Museum of the Moving Image and saw the Jim Henson short film “Timepiece”and i loved it. It was a strange experimental short film that watched a few times because it had a lot of interesting editing techniques in it. There wasn’t an overarching story line but all of the different shots were connected to the others in a way that made it flow. While most of the scenes were nonsensical and surreal, it was the motions that related to each other that made everything flow. In particular the shots that matched the steps in the different and the various shots of missiles flying into the sky to attack the flying protagonist. I really loved these shots because of how absurd they got starting with an actual cannon, then a missile,  Statue of liberty, then a champagne bottle, and finally the wife with a fire extinguisher. It was a strange stream of consciousness type editing and I fell in love with it. The music that went along with it was very peppy and how well every edit went along with the music made the jarring difference of locations smoother. I am not certain how else to describe it but it I can’t find a full version of it online and that makes me sad. The other interesting part were the facial prosthetic and costume section. I think utilizing the characters costume to create a striking and recognizable silhouette and color scheme for the audience associate with. The prosthetic set for the elephant man looked incredible and the mouth piece for Marlon Brandon's Jowls in Godfather were particularly interesting.