Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Daily routine
Filmtips:
A remix is an alternative version of a creative work, This name is therefore also used for any alterations of film or video.
Because remixes may borrow heavily from an existing piece (of music), the issue of intellectual property becomes a concern. The most important question is whether a remixer is free to redistribute his or her work, or whether the remix falls under the category of a derivative work according to copyright law.
There are two obvious extremes with regard to derivative works. If the work is substantively dissimilar in form then it may not necessarily be a derivative work . On the other hand, if the remixer only changes a few things (for example, the instrument and tempo), then it is clearly a derivative work and subject to the copyrights of the original work's copyright holder.
The Creative Commons non-profit group created the ccMixter website to provide remixers with creative material licensed for remixers to use with permission. A number of netlabels similarly have used liberal licensing to facilitate remixing.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Newsmaking, Making News-video's
News is nothing without context, and video is no exception. Helping you discover and watch news videos that are relevant to the stories of the day or to the issues unfolding in your neighborhood is one of our ways of using internetvideo-uploads.
Mark Glaser, a freelance journalist who frequently writes on new media issues, said in 2006:
The idea behind citizen journalism is that people without professional journalism training can use the tools of modern technology and the global distribution of the Internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in collaboration with others. For example, you might write about a city council meeting on your blog or in an online forum. Or you could fact-check a newspaper article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your blog. Or you might snap a digital photo of a newsworthy event happening in your town and post it online. Or you might videotape a similar event and post it on a site such as YouTube.
Friday, 5 February 2010
El mercado de Canga de Onis
Filmtips:
Film editing is the selection, arrangement, and combination of shots into sequences, sequences into scenes, and scenes into the final film. Editing is where a motion picture takes its final shape.
The editor controls and often enhances the emotional and narrative aspects of a motion picture. Through the selection of takes or alternate versions of the same shot, the placement of cuts, and the layering of images, sound, and music, the editor manipulates time and space, controls the pacing and rhythm of the story, shapes the actors performances, guides the viewers attention, and creates an emotional connection with the viewer. Indeed, the editor can, in some cases, effectively rewrite and redirect a motion picture.
The continuity supervisor, known as the script clerk in early industry parlance, records information about such details as which costumes are worn and whether or not a collar was turned up. The continuity supervisor also records the takes that were filmed, whether they were long or medium shots or close-ups, and any associated actioninformation that is especially valuable to the editor.
The editor controls and often enhances the emotional and narrative aspects of a motion picture. Through the selection of takes or alternate versions of the same shot, the placement of cuts, and the layering of images, sound, and music, the editor manipulates time and space, controls the pacing and rhythm of the story, shapes the actors performances, guides the viewers attention, and creates an emotional connection with the viewer. Indeed, the editor can, in some cases, effectively rewrite and redirect a motion picture.
The continuity supervisor, known as the script clerk in early industry parlance, records information about such details as which costumes are worn and whether or not a collar was turned up. The continuity supervisor also records the takes that were filmed, whether they were long or medium shots or close-ups, and any associated actioninformation that is especially valuable to the editor.
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Quicktime (.mov)
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Max Havelaar by Multatuli
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The colonial control of Indonesia had passed from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to the Dutch government due to the economic failure of the VOC. In order to increase revenue, the Dutch colonial government implemented a series of policies termed the Cultivation System (Dutch: cultuurstelsel), which mandated Indonesian farmers to grow a quota of commercially tradable crops such as tea and coffee, instead of growing staple foods such as rice. At the same time, the colonial government also implemented a tax collection system in which the collecting agents were paid by commission. The combination of these two strategies caused widespread abuse of colonial power, especially on the islands of Java and Sumatra, resulting in abject poverty and widespread starvation among the farmers.
Multatuli wrote Max Havelaar in protest against these colonial policies. Despite its terse writing style, it raised the awareness of Europeans living in Europe at the time that the wealth that they enjoyed was the result of suffering in other parts of the world. This awareness eventually formed the motivation for the new Ethical Policy by which the Dutch colonial government attempted to "repay" their debt to their colonial subjects by providing education to some classes of natives, generally members of the elite loyal to the colonial government.
A follow-up to the recent video "Multatuli's Amsterdam" also on this site.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Skating (8mm)
Skating , The Netherlands end of 30 ties
Smits Family
Filmtips:
original material 8 mm, silent movie
Kodak introduced 8mm film in 1932.
16 Mm was given twice the number of perforations. First one half of the film was exposed. Thereafter the reel was turned and the other half was shot. After processing the film was slit in the middle and the two 8mm halfs spliced together. In this manner as many frames were available on the 25ft small reel as on 100 ft 16mm film.
Because changing reels in the middle proved to be cumbersome a number of manufacturers introduced straight 8mm wound on 50 ft reels (Univex, Bell & Howell), or in cassettes (Agfa). Because of the lack of uniformity resulting in limited availability straight 8mm did not catch on.
This film was transfered by? SuperSens, Amsterdam.
website:
http://www.supersens.nl/
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
The Hell of 1963
Filmtips:
Trailers or previews are film advertisements for feature films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end. That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the theater after the films ended, but the name has stuck. Trailers are now shown before the film (or the A movie in a double feature program) begins.
, movie trailers have now become extremely popular on the internet. Of some 10-billion videos watched online annually, movie trailers rank #3, after news and user-created video.
A non-typically-Dutch Masterpiece,
Author: Marijn de Groot (myportal28@gmail.com) from Netherlands
Even though I am Dutch, I am not a fan of Dutch Cinema. Therefore this movie surprised me even more than I had hoped for. I enjoyed every minute of this icy ride about the worlds longest ice-skating tour. Director Steven de Jong has provided new hope for Dutch cinema by doing an excellent job. The 'elfstedentocht'(tour of eleven cities) van '63 was a unique and timeless event that deserved a great film like this and I am happy to have experienced this.
This whole movie is just excellent and two points deserve special attention regarding the history of Dutch Movies. One thing that has often irritated me in these movies is the unnatural acting. Actors are often acting too much instead of just being relaxed and natural in their role. The actors in this movie are not superior, but they are very natural. And that just makes them and the movie as a whole much more convincing. The second great thing is the camera-work. To give some grandeur to this movie the camera often swings into great heights, crawls under the ice and/or fades from a film-image to a map and vice-versa. The accompanying music creates effects not seen before in Dutch cinema. It really lifts this movie to another level and creates refreshing perspectives. Steven de Jong even portrayed the harsh element of wind in the form of luring icy animals. Something completely unexpected and until now unseen in Dutch movies.
Other skating videos you can find under the following URL's
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cestletoon.blogspot.com/2010/02/skating-8mm.html
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cestletoon.blogspot.com/2009/01/dutch-national-sport.html
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cestletoon.blogspot.com/2007/05/eleven-cities-tour.html
Apotheosis
Filmtips:
A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. The study of soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology. The idea of soundscape refers to both the natural acoustic environment, consisting of natural sounds, including animal vocalizations and, for instance, the sounds of weather and other natural elements; and environmental sounds created by humans, through musical composition, sound design, and other ordinary human activities including conversation, work, and sounds of mechanical origin resulting from use of industrial technology. The disruption of these acoustic environments results in noise pollution.
The term "soundscape" can also refer to an audio recording or performance of sounds that create the sensation of experiencing a particular acoustic environment, or compositions created using the "found sounds" of an acoustic environment, either exclusively or in conjunction with musical performances.
A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. The study of soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology. The idea of soundscape refers to both the natural acoustic environment, consisting of natural sounds, including animal vocalizations and, for instance, the sounds of weather and other natural elements; and environmental sounds created by humans, through musical composition, sound design, and other ordinary human activities including conversation, work, and sounds of mechanical origin resulting from use of industrial technology. The disruption of these acoustic environments results in noise pollution.
The term "soundscape" can also refer to an audio recording or performance of sounds that create the sensation of experiencing a particular acoustic environment, or compositions created using the "found sounds" of an acoustic environment, either exclusively or in conjunction with musical performances.
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Quicktime (.mov)
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Glas
Bert Haanstra (31 May 1916 23 October 1997) was a famous Dutch film and documentary director and Academy Award winner.
Haanstra was born in the town of Holten and became a professional filmmaker in 1947. In 1958 his documentary Glass, a filmic improvisation made in a glassfactory, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
His price-winning film Glas, not the one above, can be watched on line
URL: http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/artikelen/37154989/
Haanstra was born in the town of Holten and became a professional filmmaker in 1947. In 1958 his documentary Glass, a filmic improvisation made in a glassfactory, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
His price-winning film Glas, not the one above, can be watched on line
URL: http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/artikelen/37154989/
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)
Monday, 1 February 2010
IJ
Filminfo:
The IJ (sometimes shown on old maps as "Y" or "Ye") is a river, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. The name derives from the generic Germanic term for "water" and is similar to other Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. In Dutch, the name consists of the digraph ij, which is considered a single letter, and the capitalized form of which, as it is used in place-names, is IJ.
In historic times, the IJ was a long and narrow brackish bay that connected to the Zuiderzee (itself a bay of the North Sea) and stretched from Amsterdam in the east to Velsen in the west. At its west end, only the natural dune ridge across the Dutch North Sea coast prevented the IJ, which grew ever larger through the centuries, from directly connecting to the North Sea and so making the North Holland peninsula nearly an island.
Other videos on the amsterdam (search) waterfront can be found on this site
The IJ (sometimes shown on old maps as "Y" or "Ye") is a river, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. The name derives from the generic Germanic term for "water" and is similar to other Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. In Dutch, the name consists of the digraph ij, which is considered a single letter, and the capitalized form of which, as it is used in place-names, is IJ.
In historic times, the IJ was a long and narrow brackish bay that connected to the Zuiderzee (itself a bay of the North Sea) and stretched from Amsterdam in the east to Velsen in the west. At its west end, only the natural dune ridge across the Dutch North Sea coast prevented the IJ, which grew ever larger through the centuries, from directly connecting to the North Sea and so making the North Holland peninsula nearly an island.
Other videos on the amsterdam (search) waterfront can be found on this site
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Sintra & Pena Palace
runtime 5.18
Filminfo:
The town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on account of its 19th century Romantic architecture, it is a major tourist attraction, with many day-trippers visiting from nearby Lisbon. Attractions include the Palácio da Pena (19th c.) and the Castelo dos Mouros (8th/9th c., reconstructed 19th c.) in the Serra de Sintra nature park, and the Palácio Nacional de Sintra (largely 15th/16th c.), in the village itself. Also, the whole Sintra Mountain Range (Serra de Sintra) is also a tourist attraction, being one of the biggest green parks in the Lisbon Area.
When the earthquake of 1755 devasted Lisbon and all the surrounding region, the convent of the Pena fell in ruins. But the Chapel, with magnificent retable in marble and alabaster attributed to Nicholas of Chanterenne, remained unbroken. These ruins, on top of the steep mountains of Sintra, had astonished the young prince D. Fernando. In 1838, he decided to acquire the old convent, and all the fence involving, the surrounding Castle of Mouros (Castle of Moors) and other quintas (farms) and bushes. Thus, he gave a beginning to his romantic dream: to reconstruct the old convent and to annex a new part to it for complement of this summer residence of the Portuguese Royal Family.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Iberian birds
Filmtips:
Digital Content Creation is a modern term denoting the creation and modification of digital content, such as animation, audio, graphics, images or video, as part of the production process before presentation in its final medium.
This large field encompasses many segments such as 3D graphics, audio editing, compositing, authoring, etc. There are other terms available such as creative media or multimedia production, but they also apply to processes not done digitally, such as drawing paintings by hand or producing in the sense of financing a project. DCC best describes the software used in connection with output produced by the user and the DCC industry as a whole.
This large field encompasses many segments such as 3D graphics, audio editing, compositing, authoring, etc. There are other terms available such as creative media or multimedia production, but they also apply to processes not done digitally, such as drawing paintings by hand or producing in the sense of financing a project. DCC best describes the software used in connection with output produced by the user and the DCC industry as a whole.
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Quicktime (.mov)
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Grave of the Keyser
Graf 'Rembrandt of the building' restored
Updated: Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:55
The tomb of the Amsterdam architect and sculptor Hendrik de Keyser (1565-1621), designed by himself in the South Church, has been restored. The final resting place of the city architect since the eighties was a conversion under a concrete floor and a layer of insulation. It is now brought to the surface and revealed .
Hendrik de Keyser is also seen as the "Rembrandt of the building. He is the first architect of Amsterdam, the founder of Holland's renaissance and has largely defined the skyline of 17th-century Amsterdam.
More video's on Amsterdam (search) can easily be found on this site
Winehills & waterways
Filmtips:
What Is Time-Lapse?
To create a time-lapse clip, pictures, or frames as they are called in video and film production, are taken over a long period of time and then pieced together using software. When they are played back, it appears as if time has been sped up.
Filminfo:
The Canal du Centre, originally known as the Canal du Charollais, is a French canal running from Digoin, where it now joins the Canal latéral à la Loire, to Chalon-sur-Saône, where it joins the River Saône. It was opened in 1792 and made it possible for the first time for boat traffic to pass from the north of France to the south. It is 112.1 km long and has 61 locks. Most of its traffic came from the coal mines at Montceau-les-Mines.
To create a time-lapse clip, pictures, or frames as they are called in video and film production, are taken over a long period of time and then pieced together using software. When they are played back, it appears as if time has been sped up.
Filminfo:
The Canal du Centre, originally known as the Canal du Charollais, is a French canal running from Digoin, where it now joins the Canal latéral à la Loire, to Chalon-sur-Saône, where it joins the River Saône. It was opened in 1792 and made it possible for the first time for boat traffic to pass from the north of France to the south. It is 112.1 km long and has 61 locks. Most of its traffic came from the coal mines at Montceau-les-Mines.
Atlantic Spain
HDV is a highly compressed high definition format. As a result, it is not naturally compatible with standard definition televisions or DVD players as such. However, both the camera and the VTR have a "down converted" output that can be used to play into astandard definition TV. This output will provide a standard definition (lower detail) version of the HDV original recording.
If however you are going to edit with your HDV footage, it can be captured into an editing system either via the cameras / players firewire connection or alternatively through a firewire to serial digital video converter. From then on, your editing system will be editing a high-definition master and at the end of this process, HD masters or downconverted SD masters can be created to play on TV systems or create DVDs.
If however you are going to edit with your HDV footage, it can be captured into an editing system either via the cameras / players firewire connection or alternatively through a firewire to serial digital video converter. From then on, your editing system will be editing a high-definition master and at the end of this process, HD masters or downconverted SD masters can be created to play on TV systems or create DVDs.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Weit ist der Weg
Filminfo:
A visit to Easter-Germany a couple of years ago
Though it has changed a lot after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are still souvenirs from the (DDR) past to be found in various places.
Especially normal houses which should be restored or otherwise demolished. Even the communist Trabant car was still running.
Music: Kraftwerk "Autobahn"
Though it has changed a lot after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are still souvenirs from the (DDR) past to be found in various places.
Especially normal houses which should be restored or otherwise demolished. Even the communist Trabant car was still running.
Music: Kraftwerk "Autobahn"
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)
11 carnival
On November 11 (the eleventh of the eleventh), at exactly 11:11, is the start of the the carnival season The reason for this date is the number 11, which was traditionally the number of fools and madmen. November 11 is exactly 40 days before December 21, the shortest day. This is the beginning of the dark period for Christmas ending February 2 February 2 is the earliest possible date for carnival. This video shows some weird celebrations with prince Carnival and his mates near a statue of a goat where every year a new theme is announced.
Source: local TV Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.
Source: local TV Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.
Spanish Pyrenees
Filminfo:
A vacations video of entering Spain from France across the Pyrenees mountains.
Filmtips:
A long take is an uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. It can be used for dramatic and narrative effect if done properly, and in moving shots is often accomplished through the use of a dolly or Steadicam.
The term "long take" is used because it avoids the ambiguous meanings of "long shot", which can refer to the framing of a shot, and "long cut", which can refer to either a whole version of a film or the general editing pacing of the film. However, these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably with "long take".
In amateur- films such a long shot can be used to keep and retain the original music and to illustrate the image with inserted pictures of the audience.
Filmtips:
A long take is an uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. It can be used for dramatic and narrative effect if done properly, and in moving shots is often accomplished through the use of a dolly or Steadicam.
The term "long take" is used because it avoids the ambiguous meanings of "long shot", which can refer to the framing of a shot, and "long cut", which can refer to either a whole version of a film or the general editing pacing of the film. However, these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably with "long take".
In amateur- films such a long shot can be used to keep and retain the original music and to illustrate the image with inserted pictures of the audience.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Castres
Stock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures and file footage are film or video footage that is not custom shot for use in a specific film or television program. Stock footage is of beneficial use to filmmakers as it is far cheaper than shooting new material. A single piece of stock footage is a "stock shot" or a "library shot".[1] Stock footage may have appeared in previous productions but may also be outtakes or footage shot for previous productions but not used. Examples of stock footage which might be utilised are moving images of cities and landmarks, dangerous wildlife in their natural environments and historical footage.
the train sequences are stockfootage
the train sequences are stockfootage
Winehills & waterways
Winehills & waterways from anton withagen on Vimeo.
Filmtips:
What Is Time-Lapse?
To create a time-lapse clip, pictures, or frames as they are called in video and film production, are taken over a long period of time and then pieced together using software. When they are played back, it appears as if time has been sped up.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Volcano
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04 DEC 08
Internet Archive: Details: Parc des Volcans
www.archive.org/details/Antonwithagen-ParcDesVolcans698-3
blip.tv/file/1537270 Parc des Volcans
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09 SEP 08
Internet Archive: Details: Der Vulkaneifel
www.archive.org/details/Antonwithagen-DerVulkaneifel262
blip.tv/file/1245952 Der Vulkaneifel
29 NOV 07
Internet Archive: Details: Volcanoeswww.archive.org/details/Antonwithagen-Volcanoes247
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28 NOV 07
Internet Archive: Details: Lava flow
www.archive.org/details/Antonwithagen-LavaFlow826
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24 NOV 07
Internet Archive: Details: Eruption of Etna
www.archive.org/details/Antonwithagen-EruptionOfEtna609
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17 APR 07
blip.tv/file/201785 Volcanoes
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02 APR 07
blip.tv/file/186897 Lava flow
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03 MAR 06
Eruption of Etna
blip.tv/file/16993 Eruption of Etna
Volcano Pacaya is one of the most active volcanoes in Latin America. Pacaya is located near Antigua, Guatemala, a popular tourist town west of Guatemala City. Click here to read the blog. We chose to camp overnight on the volcano with O.X. Outdoor Excursions. Don't miss the flowing lava of Pacaya or the beautiful sunrise behind surrounding volcanoes.
Tags: lava backpacking antigua hiking two backpackers guatemala central america volcano travel
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