23 jan 2026

Dutch filmmaking

 

Leksand: sailing

 

19 jan 2026

Fruit Import

 

 
 A television film (or made-for-television film) is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a terrestrial or cable television network. It is in contrast to theatrical films first shown in movie theaters, direct-to-video films released only in home video formats, and films released on or produced for streaming platforms. In certain cases, a television film may also be shown, and referred to, as a miniseries, which typically indicates that it has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes.






17 jan 2026

Trump-E.T.


 


Mega-Lo-Mania
 is an early real-time strategy game . The player takes control of one of four gods: Scarlet (red), Caesar (green), Oberon (yellow) and Madcap (blue). There are no differences between them except colour and AI behaviour when opposing. Each level takes place on an island divided into two to sixteen "sectors". The objective is to defeat up to three opposing gods and conquer the island.


16 jan 2026

Terschelling


 

Pros and cons Location shooting has several advantages over filming on a studio set. First and foremost is that real-world locations often offer rich "authenticity" which would be very expensive to duplicate elsewhere. Unless the actual location "has fallen into disrepair", it will always look better than a set.

Smalhold farmers

 

 
 Amateur film is a genre of filmmaking done primarily for personal enjoyment, passion, or hobby, without commercial intent or substantial funding. It encompasses a wide range of activities, from recording family events and local news to creating experimental works or dramatic productions. It later overlapped with fan film, a filmmaking genre used for amateur films created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators.





Golden Globes

 

 
 One Battle After Another winner of the Golden Globes In Los Angeles, the Golden Globes were awarded, after the Oscars the most important film awards. The big winner of the night was One Battle After Another. The film, in which immigrant detention plays a central role, won the award for Best Film in the musical or comedy category and is considered one of the biggest Oscar favorites of this year. One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, won several times. Teyana Taylor won the award for Best St. Paul Thomas Anderson won the Best Director award for the same film and also won One Battle After Another awards in the Best Screenplay category. The film was nominated the most often with nine.

15 jan 2026

Pleasure: events Eindhoven

 




Comics is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. Originally used to illustrate caricatures and to entertain through the use of amusing and trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres.


Camera's

 

 
 The deployment of this technology has facilitated significant growth in state surveillance, a substantial rise in the methods of advanced social monitoring and control, and a host of crime prevention measures throughout the world. Though surveillance of the public using CCTV cameras is common in many areas around the world, video surveillance has generated significant debate about balancing its use with individuals' right to privacy even when in public

14 jan 2026

Ardennes visit

 

 
 The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post-production, film festivals, distribution, and actors. Though the expense involved in making film almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices of standing production companies, advances in affordable filmmaking equipment, as well as an expansion of opportunities to acquire investment capital from outside the film industry itself, have allowed independent film production to evolve.

13 jan 2026

Wild Motion

 

 

Filmmaking and release has become considerably easier in recent years. That's perhaps the most obvious reason. From the late 1990s onward, more and more films were shot digitally instead of on celluloid, and shortly thereafter, cinemas also switched to digital projection. This made everything much cheaper and less labor-intensive. And thanks to social media, marketing, for example, is also much cheaper. Moreover, films now have shorter runs because they quickly go to streamers. This also frees up space in cinemas.



10 jan 2026

Cinema concert

 

 
 Film scores encompass an enormous variety of styles of music depending on the nature of the films they accompany. While the majority of scores are orchestral works rooted in Western classical music, many scores are also influenced by jazz, rock, pop, blues, new-age and ambient music, and a wide range of ethnic and world music styles. Since the 1950s, a growing number of scores have also included electronic elements, and many scores written today feature a hybrid of orchestral and electronic instruments. Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many modern films have been able to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of acoustic instruments, and some scores are created and performed wholly by the composers themselves, by using music composition software, synthesizers, samplers, and MIDI controllers.



9 jan 2026

Werner Herzog: pictures

 

 
 Werner Herzog (German: born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unusual talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. His style involves avoiding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing his cast and crew into real situations mirroring those in the film on which they are working.

7 jan 2026

AI scenery



Many AI applications are not perceived as AI: "A lot of cutting edge AI has filtered into general applications, often without being called AI because once something becomes useful enough and common enough it's not labeled AI anymore



6 jan 2026

What's Next?

 

 
 Over the last four years NEXT has developed a portfolio of large-scale exhibitions featuring a new wave of new media artists and extensive public programmes focused on music, movement, performance and education. Nxt has emerged as an aspirational global brand in the art world. 
With a mission to transform our tech-driven world for the better, Nxt seeks, shows and questions how technology impacts humanity through art. In an era of accelerating technological developments humanity is faced with a duality: the promise of its power and the anxiety of its consequences. This is why we established Nxt Museum, the first fine art institution in the Netherlands fully dedicated to art and technology.

5 jan 2026

Let it snow

 

 
 In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, or sound effects. A sample might comprise only a fragment of sound, or a longer portion of music, such as a drum beat or melody. Samples are often layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repitched, looped, or otherwise manipulated. They are usually integrated using electronic music instruments (samplers) or software such as digital audio workstations.

4 jan 2026

Former Movie effects

 

Cinematography Simply setting up a camera and hitting record doesn’t quite cover the intricate filmmaking technique called cinematography. Cinematography, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is the “art and skill of camerawork in filmmaking.” It’s the skilful capture of moving images, whether on film or digital media. Cinematographers expertly manipulate lighting, camera movements, and lens selections to capture captivating visual storytelling.

Brigitt

 

 
 Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025), often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained international fame for portraying characters associated with hedonistic lifestyles. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remained a major pop culture icon. She appeared in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985.




3 jan 2026

Amsterdam year:1600

 

 
 Historical drama film stories are based upon historical events and famous people. Some historical dramas are docudramas, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalized tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds, such as Braveheart, which is loosely based on the 13th-century knight William Wallace's fight for Scotland's independence.

2 jan 2026

Welcome in Wales

 

 
 In the beginning, main title design consisted of the movie studio's name and/or logo and the presentation of the main characters along with the actor's names, generally using that same artwork presented on title cards. Most independent or major studio had their own title art logo used as the background for their screen credits and they used it almost exclusively on every movie that they produced.



1 jan 2026

Hans Zimmer in London

 

 
  Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly


Happy 2026

 



 








24 dec 2025

Greetings from Benidorm


Guerrilla filmmaking refers to a form of independent filmmaking characterized by ultra-low micro budgets, skeleton crews, and limited props using whatever resources, locations and equipment is available. The genre is named in reference to guerrilla warfare due to these techniques typically being used to shoot quickly in real locations without obtaining filming permits or providing any other sort of warning.

Independent filmmakers typically resort to guerrilla filmmaking because they do not have the budget or time to obtain permits, rent out locations, or build expensive sets. Larger and more "mainstream" film studios tend to avoid guerrilla filmmaking tactics because of the risk of being sued, fined or having their reputation damaged due to negative publicity.






23 dec 2025

Lake Annecy

 

 
 Those seeking to learn the technical craft of filmmaking in the early days of cinema were largely self-taught engineers or still photographers who experimented with new film technology. With the rise of commercial filmmaking in the 1920s, most notably the Hollywood studio system, those seeking to learn the technical skills of filmmaking most often started at the bottom of a hierarchical system and apprenticed under a more experienced person to learn the trade.

22 dec 2025

Hans Zimmer Hollywood rebel

 

A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, and frequency modulation synthesis. These sounds may be altered by components such as filters, which cut or boost frequencies; envelopes, which control articulation, or how notes begin and end; and low-frequency oscillators, which modulate parameters such as pitch, volume, or filter characteristics affecting timbre. Synthesizers are typically played with keyboards or controlled by sequencers, software or other instruments, and can be synchronized to other equipment via MIDI.


 

21 dec 2025

Fassbinder filmer

 

 
 Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radtke; known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, was a German film director, author, producer, professor of directing and one of the most influential and famous queer activists in the German-speaking world. 
  Fassbinder and I knew each other from the beginning of our careers. I never liked him. No doubt there’s a good measure of competitiveness on my part behind this dislike. That which one is most like is what one ends up being most critical of. We’re both gay, independent filmmakers who worked a great deal with amateurs.



20 dec 2025

Visual Poems

 

 
 Visual poetry is a style of poetry that incorporates graphic and visual design elements to convey its meaning. This style combines visual art and written expression to create new ways of presenting and interpreting poetry. Visual poetry focuses on playing with form, which means it often takes on various art styles. These styles can range from altering the structure of the words on the page to adding other kinds of media to change the poem itself. Some forms of visual poetry may retain their narrative structure, but this is not a requirement of visual poetry. Some visual poets create more abstract works that steer away from linguistic meaning and instead focus heavily on the composition of words and letters to create a visually pleasing piece.


19 dec 2025

Mans' world

 

 
 Match cut A type of cut from one shot to another where the composition of each shot is matched to the other by the action or subject matter depicted; e.g. in a scene depicting a duel, a long shot showing both of the duellists might cut to a close-up shot of one of the duellists in the midst of the action. Match cuts are precisely timed and coordinated so as to produce a seamless transition that is consistent with the logic of the action.

18 dec 2025

Rob Reiner RIP


 






Swedish Rollercoaster

 

 

 Cameras have evolved, filmmakers have developed a vast array of camera movements and camera angles to enhance storytelling. Mastering these camera techniques is essential for cinematographers and directors, helping them guide the audience’s perspective and emotions effectively. Camera movement transforms static scenes into dynamic storytelling. This video breaks down key techniques—like push-ins, tracking shots, and whip pans—showing how they shape perspective and build tension. Watch to see how intentional movement elevates every shot:

17 dec 2025

Birth of Eindhoven


 

 
Filmclub Lumière Eindhoven is no longer active as an independent club, but its collection of films, often with Eindhoven-related themes, has been acquired and managed by Eindhoven in Beeld, a platform where you can watch these historical films online. Although Lumière itself has ceased operations, you can still find their heritage (and other) through Eindhoven-related themes, and the Eindhoven arthouse cinema Natlab (formerly Plaza/De Effenaar) is an important venue for film in the city.


16 dec 2025

Greenhouse effect

 

 
 Paul de Nooijer (Eindhoven, June 15, 1943 – Baarsdorp, December 12, 2025) was a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. De Nooijer worked in the fields of surrealism, magical realism, and fantasy art. His eclectic approach, absurdist humor, and mockery of conventional perception made him a forerunner and inspiration for Dutch staged photography of the 1980s.  He is one of the Dutch pioneers of staged photography, in which the photographer stages everything in advance rather than spontaneously capturing a moment. De Nooijer was known for his humorous and surrealist style. He experimented early on with animations and video clips. 

15 dec 2025

Nature loop


 



Studio Ghibli (Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi) is a Japanese film studio responsible for a large number of anime films. The company is based in Koganei, Tokyo, and was founded in 1985. Name The name Ghibli is derived from the nickname the Italians gave to the aircraft they used for reconnaissance flights over the Sahara during World War II. This name, in turn, is derived from the Libyan wind, which blows from south to north across the desert, similar to the sirocco. The studio chose this name because they wanted to bring a breath of fresh air to the anime industry.

14 dec 2025

Huub Stapel director too

 

 
 Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to create the final product. Often this process is performed on films by replacing the original language to offer voiced-over translations. After sound editors edit and prepare all the necessary tracks—dialogue, automated dialogue replacement (ADR), effects, foley, and music—the dubbing mixers proceed to balance all of the elements and record the finished soundtrack

13 dec 2025

Tram away

 

 
 Films are considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. The visual elements of cinema need no translation, giving the motion picture a universal power of communication. Any film can become a worldwide attraction, especially with the addition of dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue. Films are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them.

the director

12 dec 2025

Sports

 

 
 Several sub-categories of sports films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid. The most common sports subgenres depicted in movies are sports drama and sports comedy. Both categories typically employ playground settings, match, game creatures and other elements commonly associated with biological stories. Sports films tend to feature a more richly developed sport world, and may also be more player-oriented or thematically complex. 

10 dec 2025

Holland days

 

 
 The cartoon originated in the Middle Ages, and first described a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco, tapestry, or stained glass window. In the 19th century, beginning in Punch magazine in 1843, cartoon came to refer – ironically at first – to humorous artworks in magazines and newspapers. Then it also was used for political cartoons and comic strips. When the medium developed, in the early 20th century, it began to refer to animated films that resembled print cartoons.


 

9 dec 2025

Science of optics

 

 
By Sarah Chekfa Publication date 2023 Topics public domain day film contest 2023 

Item Size 159.3M Collage film created in celebration of Public Domain Day 1927-2023.

Amsterdamned II

 

 
 Amsterdamned II is better than part one on many fronts. It is more exciting (Maas was clearly inspired by genre classics like Jaws and even Alien), is told tighter and with more speed and is considerably less rude. Occasionally a 'spout dick' still flies by, but just like director Maas, inspector Eric Visser has become older and wiser. And despite the fact that actor Huub Stapel is over seventy, the stunts in part two are still impressive. For example – just like almost forty years ago, in the insane chase through the Amsterdam canals of part one – he is behind the wheel himself. Not from a speedboat this time, but from a jet ski. Times change.

8 dec 2025

Other moviestars

 

Van der Linden labels a central factor in the decline of the MCU “storytelling entropy.” Classic films, you may have noticed, concentrate practically all the energy in every facet of their production toward the expression of specific themes, stories, and characters; at their best, their every line, gesture, cut, and invention represents the tip of an artistic iceberg. Take, to use a popular example, the lightsaber introduced in Star Wars, which Van der Linden calls “not just a weapon, but a metaphor” that “symbolically communicates a lot about the philosophy of its wielder, and about the larger world that it exists in,” condensing “a multitude of meanings and ideas into a simple, singular object.”

6 dec 2025

Spread the bread/toost?

 

 
The term social in regard to media suggests platforms enable communal activity. Social media helps people connect and build networks. Users access social media through web-based or mobile applications. These interactive platforms allow individuals, communities, businesses, and organizations to share, co-create, discuss, participate in, and modify user-generated or self-curated content. Social media is used to share memories, form friendships, and learn. They may be used to promote people, companies, products, and ideas. Social media can be used to consume, publish, or share news.


4 dec 2025

Whoe

 

 
Cinéma vérité It combines improvisation with use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind reality. It is sometimes called observational cinema, if understood as pure direct cinema: mainly without a narrator's voice-over. There are subtle, yet important, differences between terms expressing similar concepts. Direct cinema is largely concerned with the recording of events in which the subject and audience become unaware of the camera's presence Many therefore see a paradox in drawing attention away from the presence of the camera and simultaneously interfering in the reality it registers when attempting to discover a cinematic truth.

3 dec 2025

Design academy

 

 
 Design Academy Eindhoven Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is one of the world’s leading design schools, recognised internationally for its forward-thinking and renowned professors and alumni. Design Academy Eindhoven is a University of the Arts that specializes in Design and is part of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. For over 70 years it has trained aspiring designers to make their mark on the future by thinking freely and openly about what design can achieve, consistently exploring design as an instrument of material, social, environmental and critical innovation.

2 dec 2025

Gen Z

 

 
 Gen Z, or Generation Z, is the group of people born between about 1997 and 2012, and they are also called 'digital natives' because they grew up with technology such as smartphones and the internet. This generation is characterized by their digital skills, attention to social issues such as sustainability and diversity, and a pragmatic attitude. They are flexible, visually oriented and attach great importance to inclusivity and authenticity.

Composition in Movies

 

 
 The term composition means "putting together". It can be thought of as the organization of art. Composition can apply to any work of art, from music through writing and into photography, that is arranged using conscious thought. In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as design, form, visual ordering, or formal structure, depending on the context. In graphic design for press and desktop publishing, composition is commonly referred to as page layout.


 

1 dec 2025

Naturaly Amsterdam

 

 
 A film adaptation transfers the details or story of an existing source text, such as a novel, into a feature film. This transfer can involve adapting most details of the source text closely, including characters or plot points, or the original source can serve as loose inspiration, with the implementation of only a few details. While the most common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis, other works adapted into films include non-fiction (including journalism), autobiographical works, comic books, scriptures, plays, historical sources and even other films. Adaptation from such diverse resources has been a ubiquitous practice of filmmaking since the earliest days of cinema in nineteenth-century Europe.

23 nov 2025

Sri Lanka nature/culture

 

 
 An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies). Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by their content and style, and how the filmmakers' artistic vision is realized. Sometimes, independent films are made with considerably lower budgets than major studio films

21 nov 2025

Cruyff: the goals

 

 
 A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. Despite this, sport is ultimately rarely the central concern of such films and sport performs primarily an allegorical role.[1] Furthermore, sports fans are not necessarily the target demographic in such movies, but sports fans tend to maintain a high following and esteem for such movies.


18 nov 2025

Internet Archive

 

 
 The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge".

17 nov 2025

Bergman favourites

 

 
 Ernst Ingmar Bergman[a] (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most notably as a prominent figure of both European film industry and Swedish cinema. His films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul.

16 nov 2025

Glow 2025

 

 
 Video production for distance education Video production for distance education is the process of capturing, editing, and presenting educational material specifically for use in on-line education. The process involves scripting, content organization, video capture, and editing to produce educational materials delivered online.




15 nov 2025

Fried air


 


Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary.