Odyssey

 

The Odyssey Director Christopher Nolan—known for films such as Inception, Interstellar, and The Dark Knight—has released a new film: The Odyssey. It is an action and fantasy film based on the Greek epic of the same name by the poet Homer. As with Nolan's previous films, Dutchman Hoyte van Hoytema is responsible for the cinematography. The first reviews are predominantly positive. At the same time, criticism is being voiced: Greeks are particularly annoyed that not a single Greek plays a role in the film, despite subsidies from the Greek government. The anti-woke movement is also unhappy with the casting. For instance, conservative tech billionaire Elon Musk takes issue with the fact that the role of Helen—described by Homer as the most beautiful woman in Greece—is played by Black actress Lupita Nyong'o. Musk claims that Nolan only cast her to stand a chance of winning an Oscar. 

 

Tourist Train

 

Amateur films were usually shot on 16 mm film or on 8 mm film (either Double-8 or Super-8) until the advent of cheap video cameras or digital equipment. The advent of digital video and computer based editing programs greatly expanded the technical quality achievable by the amateur and low-budget filmmaker. Amateur video has become the choice for the low-budget filmmaker and has boomed into a very watched and even produced industry with the use of VHS and digital video camcorders.

Summer

 

A take is over when the director calls "Cut!" and the camera and sound stop recording.[90] The script supervisor will note any continuity issues, and the sound and camera teams log technical notes for the take on their respective report sheets. If the director decides additional takes are required, the whole process repeats.  Once satisfied, the crew moves on to the next camera angle or "setup", until the whole scene is "covered." When shooting is finished for the scene, the assistant director declares a "wrap" or "moving on",  and the crew will "strike", or dismantle, the set for that scene

Burgos Spain

 

Burgos is located in the Castile-Leon region, in the middle of the fertile North Castilian plateau (900 m altitude), on both sides of the Río Arlanzón, which divides the city in two. No fewer than 8 bridges connect the city! The first bridge was built in 1200 for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. To the east of the city lies the natural beauty of the Sierra de la Demanda. To the west of the city is the famous Las Huelgas monastery (see below under history), with which the city forms a fundamental connection on the Pilgrims' Route

Petra in Jordan

 

Location shooting usually requires a location manager, and locations are usually chosen by a location scout. Many popular locations, such as New York City in the United States, Toronto in Canada, and the Isle of Man, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom, have dedicated film offices to encourage location shooting, and to suggest appropriate locations to film-makers. In many cases a second unit is dispatched to film on location, with a second unit director and sometimes with stand-in actors. These shots can then be edited into the final film or TV program alongside studio-shot sequences, to give an authentic flavor, without the expense or trouble of a full-scale location shoot

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.

Birthday card

 

 

 The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection; the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. There are no artifacts or descriptions that indicate any attempt to capture images with light sensitive materials prior to the 18th century.

Countryside

 

 

 Location Scout The success of a film production, a television commercial, or a photoshoot is largely determined by the location. When the location seamlessly aligns with the atmosphere the production aims to convey, an unforgettable impression is left on the viewer. Naturally, you strive for maximum production value.

Ferry tale

 

 

. A lot of shots, made in haphazard fashion, fail to hold the interest. A good scenic is as difficult to create, edit and cut as a dramatic story. Perhaps more so. The outstanding point of merit in almost all the contest films is the photography. Amateurs are getting some amazing effects, particularly with their sixteen millimeter cameras. Fade-outs, dissolves, moving camera effects, angle shots and striking shadow effects predominate. Amateurs know their cameras.

Wildhorses

 

 

Nature documentaries have been criticized for leaving viewers with the impression that wild animals survived and thrived after encounters with predators, even when they sustain potentially life-threatening injuries. They also cut away from particularly violent encounters, or attempt to downplay the suffering endured by the individual animal, by appealing to concepts such as the "balance of nature" and "the good of the herd".

Edison with special camera

 

 

The invention that first gained him wider notice was the phonograph in 1877. He vigorously stirred up public awareness for this new invention by engaging with journalists and performing public demonstrations. The phonograph was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical. Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park". As he aged, he grew to resent titles representing him as a genius, and he emphasized "one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."

Archive today

 

 

Film archives collect, restore, investigate and conserve audiovisual content like films, documentaries, television programs and newsreel footage. Often, a country has its own film archive to preserve the national audiovisual heritage. The International Federation of Film Archives comprises more than 150 institutions in over 77 countries and the Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques is an affiliation of 49 European national and regional film archives founded in 1991.

Sights and Sounds

 

 

 Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras or by creating them using animation techniques and special effects. They comprise a series of individual frames, but when these images are shown rapidly in succession, the illusion of motion is given to the viewer. Flickering between frames is not seen due to an effect traditionally known as persistence of vision, and now more specifically known as flicker fusion, whereby the visual system processes a sufficiently fast succession of pictures and interruptions into a steady image of averaged brightness.

Sacremonto cuevas

 

 Home videos have had a place on TV since the early nineties. It all started in Japan. A popular studio program from Tokyo broadcast a few viewer-made videos in every episode. The funniest one was rewarded with a prize. American program maker Vin Di Bona saw the potential for a show. And so America's Funniest Home Videos was born, starring Full House actor Bob Saget.

Art in Motion

 

Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals, for the purpose of taking photographs. The sizes and other characteristics of the crystals determine the sensitivity, contrast, and resolution of the film. Film is typically segmented in frames, which give rise to separate photographs.

Once upon a time

 

 Once Upon a Time in the West (Italian: C'era una volta il West) is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sergio Donati. It stars Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda,[5][6] Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, and Keenan Wynn. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli and the film score was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone.  

Paris pictures

 

 

In film production, a creative executive (often called CE for short) is a studio executive tasked with reading scripts and finding source material which can be turned into motion picture content (feature films, television series, television films). In advertising agencies, the term can also refer to the creative concept writer or copywriter.

City of Granada

 

 

In addition to the actual film crew that does the principal photography (unit), there may be a second team (second unit), which in turn comprises a full film crew with its own director, especially for more complex productions. The second unit works independently but in coordination with the director of the overall project and is responsible for city and landscape shots, establishing shots and intermediate images as well as for mass, action and stunt scenes. 

 

Water on the Dam

 

 

 According to one tradition, the puppet show figures are based on two residents of the Jordaan, Jan Klaassen and Katrijn Pieters. They were married in the Nieuwe Kerk in 1686. Catharina lived in the Tuinstraat, Jan in the Anjeliersstraat. She drank, and he did not like hard work. Jan Klaassen started a puppet show and entertained farmers, townspeople, and country folk by portraying his tumultuous married life. However, their marriage was plagued by so many irregularities that the church council of the Amsterdam Reformed congregation decided on January 21, 1706, to call the couple to account and subsequently placed them under supervision.According to one tradition, the puppet show figures are based on two residents of the Jordaan, Jan Klaassen and Katrijn Pieters. They were married in the Nieuwe Kerk in 1686. Catharina lived in the Tuinstraat, Jan in the Anjeliersstraat. She drank, and he did not like hard work. Jan Klaassen started a puppet show and entertained farmers, townspeople, and country folk by portraying his tumultuous married life. However, their marriage was plagued by so many irregularities that the church council of the Amsterdam Reformed congregation decided on January 21, 1706, to call the couple to account and subsequently placed them under supervision.

Amsterdam

 

Herault river

 

 

 

After announcing the return of Ektachrome at the beginning of 2017, Eastman Kodak CMO Steven Overman told The Kodakery podcast, "we are investigating Kodachrome, looking at what it would take to bring that back". Although the statement generated widespread media interest, it was subsequently conceded by an official at Kodak Alaris (which would be responsible for its production and sale) that the return of Kodachrome was probably impractical (due to the difficulty in restoring the now-dismantled infrastructure needed to support it) and therefore unlikely.

Art film

 

 

The Art Film 

The first crisis in international film production happened around 1907. Cinema attendance stagnated. Higher-educated viewers lost interest in the simple slapstick and comical one-act films that dominated the theatres at that time. In many countries, there were debates about the value of this new entertainment industry. Reform movements protested against the scandalous and morally corrupting character of most films.

SLAPP

 

THEY WANT US TO BE SILENT. Corporate bullies abuse the legal system to silence the truth. They use intimidating lawsuits, also known as SLAPP lawsuits – such as the case that led to a staggering $345 million in damages against Greenpeace International and Greenpeace in the US – to silence anyone who stands up for the public interest. You cannot protect the planet if polluting companies like Energy Transfer, Shell, and Eni are given the chance to turn the courtroom into a playground for corporate bullies. They want to make the price of speaking out so high that ordinary people become too afraid to take the risk. Javier Bardem and Yasmin Finney have joined forces with the Greenpeace network to expose this tactic. We are not just defending a movement; we are defending our collective right to resist. We cannot afford to remain silent if we do not want to lose that right – watch, save, and share this video.

Explosion of touristshops

 

 

 

Its historic network of canals and bridges has led to Amsterdam’s moniker of ‘Venice of the North’; however in recent years less favourable comparisons have been drawn between the two cities. Just like Venice, Amsterdam is struggling to stem the tide of tourists that floods its streets every year as overtourism blights another European city. Many Amsterdam residents consider the number of tourists – around 20 million a year – to be unsustainable, and the situation is stretching Amsterdam’s hospitality to its limits.

Dutch nationalpark

 

Wildlife and natural history films have boomed in popularity and have become one of modern society's most important sources of information about the natural world Yet film and television critics and scholars have largely ignored them.

 

Amstelpark Playground

 

A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a teleplay), or video game by screenwriters (cf. stage play). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A screenplay is a form of narration in which the movements, actions, expressions and dialogue of the characters are described in a certain format. Visual or cinematographic cues may be given, as well as scene descriptions and scene changes.

Music museum Trondheim

 

Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the widest sense, preservation assures that a movie will continue to exist in as close to its original form as possible.^[1]

For many years the term "preservation" was synonymous with "duplication" of film. The goal of a preservationist was to create a durable copy without any significant loss of quality. In more modern terms, film preservation includes the concepts of handling, duplication, storage, and access. The archivist seeks to protect the film and share its content with the public.

Eindhoven

 

Beeld & Geluid opens the Treasure Chamber! The entire Netherlands gets free access to one of the largest online media archives in the world. Search for your favorite programs and (re)discover more than 700,000 radio and TV programs. Curious about what the Treasure Chamber has to offer you? You can search by subject, program or artist name, and much more.

Dam across the Amstel

 

 

Film archives collect, restore, investigate and conserve audiovisual content like films, documentaries, tv programs and newsreel footage. Often, a country has its own film archive to preserve its national audiovisual heritage. The International Federation of Film Archives comprises more than 150 institutions in over 77 countries and the Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques is an affiliation of 49 European national and regional film archives founded in 1991. For a comprehensive look at the history of film preservation and the institutions and organizations that developed various practices 

 

Silly Walks

 

 

One of the most important things to keep in mind when creating a shot list is to be as detailed as possible. Each shot should be given a unique number and described in detail, including the camera angle, movement, and framing. This level of detail helps the director and cinematographer stay on the same page and ensures that everyone knows what is expected of them on set.

 

Atlas studios

 

A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films. Today, studios are mostly financing and distribution entities. In addition, they may have their own studio facility or facilities; however, most firms in the entertainment industry have never had their own studios, but have rented space from other companies instead. Day-to-day filming operations are generally handled by a production company subsidiary.

Another type of company is an independently owned studio facility, which does not produce motion pictures by itself; such facilities only sell studio space.

 

 

 

 

Pictures of War

 

 

Within this category of anti-war films that choose to de-emphasize the actual battlefield conflicts of war, some films specifically focus on communicating pacifist ideologies by emphasizing war's devastating effects on innocent civilians and the lands in which war is waged. This niche of anti-war films often utilizes visceral imagery that confronts viewers with the tragic realities of war's presence in beloved main characters' lives, such as by depicting main characters' homes being decimated by war bombs, main characters being forced to contend with the uncomfortable, off-putting presence of soldiers in their city, and characters dealing with the emotional toll of witnessing war's violence in their own life or the lives of their loved ones.

Morocco

 

 

 One of the most important things to keep in mind when creating a shot list is to be as detailed as possible. Each shot should be given a unique number and described in detail, including the camera angle, movement, and framing. This level of detail helps the director and cinematographer stay on the same page and ensures that everyone knows what is expected of them on set.

Remastered

 

REMASTERED
A COMPLETELY NEW WORLD

Experience what you have never experienced before: The old Dutch Masters reworked by the new Dutch Masters. The best Dutch digital studios have created a new world. A world in which you are taken on a parade of the wondrous figures of Hieronymus Bosch, in which you are immersed in the colorful scenes of Van Gogh, and in which you can dance to the beat of Mondrian’s “Victory Boogie Woogie”.
In this unique 60-minute experience, you can also walk through a waterfall, fly your own UFO on a giant LED screen, interact with schools of fish, and sail through the clouds.

 

Ruins of Revolution

 

One of the most important things to keep in mind when creating a shot list is to be as detailed as possible. Each shot should be given a unique number and described in detail, including the camera angle, movement, and framing. This level of detail helps the director and cinematographer stay on the same page and ensures that everyone knows what is expected of them on set.

Streetwise

 

What is ANWB Streetwise? ANWB Streetwise is a traffic safety program for primary schools. The complete Streetwise program consists of practical lessons, a continuous digital learning pathway, a Traffic Week, and the Streetwise traffic game for home use. Schools can choose whether to purchase the complete curriculum or just a component, such as the digital learning pathway.

Mutoscope Biograph (Dutch films)

 

The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over 3000 short films and 12 feature films. During the height of silent film as a medium, Biograph was the most prominent American film studio and one of the most respected and influential studios worldwide, only rivaled by Germany's UFA, Sweden's Svensk Filmindustri and France's Pathé. The company was home to pioneering director D. W. Griffith and such actors as Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore.

Vermeer alive

 

Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be used broadly to describe artworks in many different media, it is also used to refer to a specific art movement of American painters that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Aachen

 

 

  ARD is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services—in particular the introduction of a joint television network. ARD has a budget of €6.9 billion, 22,612 employees and is the largest public broadcaster network in the world

Blowing

 

 

 A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same story as the original but uses a different set of casts, and may use actors from the original, alter the theme, or change the flow and setting of the story. In addition, since a remake is released some time after the original work, it may incorporate new technologies, enhancements, and techniques that had not existed or been commonly used when the original work was created

Devil on the wall

 

The Devil on the Wall The reformation in Europe was a time of belief in gods and magic where the Catholic Church ruled in matters of morality and law, until their dogma was challenged by the emergence of the new Protestant church. The Reformers made use of the printing press to distribute their alternative ideas… but the Jesuit Priesthood had a more radical plan. “The Jesuits were very important for the Roman Catholic Church because they were multimedia people,” explains Dr Andreas Scheucher, curator of the AV Stumpfl Museum in Austria. “They founded a special form of spiritual theatre – the Jesuit theatre – and used the Magic Lantern. The first projected images from the Laterna Magica were images of the devil.” This was probably the first use of broadcast or projected images for the purposes of propaganda, but as wealth moved from the hands of the church and aristocracy and into the hands of merchants, so did the use of the Laterna Magica.

Muybridge pioneer

 

Edward Muybridge was a famous photographer from the 19th century. He became best known for his experiments with moving images, through which he became an important precursor to film. Who was Muybridge? Muybridge was born in 1830 in England and later moved to the United States. He initially worked as a bookseller, but subsequently gained fame as a photographer of landscapes, cities, and especially the movements of people and animals. What did he do? He investigated exactly how movement occurs. His most famous experiment was photographing a galloping horse. Using multiple cameras in succession, he proved that a horse briefly lifts all four legs off the ground while galloping. His series of photographs later formed an important basis for the development of cinema and animation.

Cinema Mystica

 

Cinema Mystica Budapest is a popular immersive digital art experience in the center of Budapest. It combines light art, projections, interactive installations, sound and digital art in multiple thematic spaces. • Approximately 21–23 interactive installations spread over 10 rooms • 360° projections, mirrors, lasers, soundscapes and motion-reactive art • Strongly focused on atmosphere and visual experience • Very popular for photos and social media content Is it worth it? The reactions are mixed but overwhelmingly positive: Many visitors find it “magical”, relaxing and visually impressive. Some people find it a bit small or more of an Instagram/experience exhibition than a traditional museum.

GlenCoe

 

 

 A road movie is a genre of film in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienation and examining the tensions and issues of the cultural identity of a nation or historical period.

 

Film amateur

 

 

 Dick Boer was the son of Adriaan Boer and lived in Bloemendaal. On December 19, 1931, together with Mannus Franken and Leo Krijn, he founded the Nederlandsche Smalfilm Liga (Dutch Amateur Film League). He was the editor of *Het Veerwerk*, a magazine for amateur filmmakers. The first issue appeared on July 10, 1932, and was published by *Focus* in Bloemendaal. A few months later, the magazine became the official organ of the Nederlandsche Smalfilm Liga. Regular contributors to the magazine included his father and Dick Laan, who is often called the first amateur filmmaker of the Netherlands. Dick Boer was also the editor of the magazine *Focus*, the official organ of the Dutch Amateur Photographers Association.

Escape

 

Cutout animation can be made with figures that have joints made with a rivet or pin or, when simulated on a computer, an anchor. These connections act as mechanical linkage, which have the effect of a specific, fixed motion. Similar flat, jointed puppets have been in use in shadow plays for many centuries, such as in the Indonesian wayang tradition and in the "ombres chinoises" that were especially popular in France in the 18th and 19th century. The subgenre of silhouette animation is more closely related to these shadow shows and to the silhouette cutting art that has been popular in Europe especially in the 18th and 19th centuries

Rembrandt the Movie

 

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In 1941, a group of Germans settled in Amsterdam. Not soldiers, but civilians. Artists, to be precise. They set to work to create a grand, and until then, most expensive film production in the Netherlands about Rembrandt van Rijn. In UFA Filmstadt Amsterdam, the former Cinetone studios, an enormous set rose in the form of an exact replica of the Rembrandt house on Jodenbreestraat, including the surrounding houses. In addition to the German cast and director, many Dutch people also worked on the film: as extras, set builders, tailors, or lighting technicians. Under the direction of Hans Steinhoff, who had made a name for himself as a Nazi filmmaker with his earlier film Hitlerjunge Quex, a film like a painting emerges with beautiful interplay of light and shadow.

Southward

Dutch cinema often combines understated realism with offbeat humor, tackling moral ambiguity and social change. It balances intimate storytelling with bold, sometimes provocative, visual styles. Dutch films combine art-house sensibility with grounded storytelling, reflecting the country's open, yet quietly complex culture.

 

Dutch cinema often combines understated realism with offbeat humor, tackling moral ambiguity and social change. It balances intimate storytelling with bold, sometimes provocative, visual styles. Dutch films combine art-house sensibility with grounded storytelling, reflecting the country's open, yet quietly complex culture.

La Sirene

What is La Sirène?

La Sirène is a short silent film in which Méliès uses his typical movie tricks:

A woman turns into a mermaid (or vice versa)

Widese use of disappearance and appearance effects

Theater-like sets and costumes

He made these kinds of effects with techniques such as:

stop-motion (camera stop and restart)

double exposure

smart assembly

Why is this special?

Georges Méliès is seen as one of the founders of special effects in film. His work, as well as Le Voyage dans la Lune, later inspired the entire film industry.

What is La Sirène? La Sirène is a short silent film in which Méliès uses his typical movie tricks: A woman turns into a mermaid (or vice versa) Widese use of disappearance and appearance effects Theater-like sets and costumes He made these kinds of effects with techniques such as: stop-motion (camera stop and restart) double exposure smart assembly

Art & AI

 

Practical effect techniques

The use of prosthetic makeup, animatronics, puppetry, or creature suits to create the appearance of living creatures.

Miniature effects, which is the use of scale models which are photographed in a way that they appear full sized.

Mechanical effects, such as aerial rigging to simulate flight, stage mounted gimbals to make the ground move, or other mechanical devices to physically manipulate the environment.

Pyrotechnics for the appearance of fire and explosions.

Weather effects such as sprinkler systems to create rain, fog machines to create smoke, and fake snow.

Body mutilation effects such as bullet hit squibs to create the illusion of gunshot wounds and fake blood.