City of Granada

 

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.

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

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.

Citadel of Verdun

 

🏰 Citadel of Verdun The citadel is a large underground and above-ground defense in Verdun. Originally built in the 17th century, partly by the famous fortress builder Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban During the Battle of Verdun, the citadel served as a shelter, command post and logistics center Nowadays it is a museum where you get a good picture of the life of soldiers during the war

Verdun city of war

 

 

 Verdun is a city in the northeast of France. It is best known for the Battle of Verdun, one of the heaviest battles of World War I (1916). The city is strategically located on the Meuse and was therefore very important militarily.

Double Dutch

 

Slander is the bad talk about another. Specifically, it refers to lying slanderer that aims to harm someone in his honor, his good name or his prestige to others. There is then character murder. The lying claim itself is usually referred to as slander. Slander is also a criminal offense in Belgium and the Netherlands.. 

In the Netherlands, defamation is an aggravating form of defamation in which the slanderer knows that the accused fact is not true. If the perpetrator did not need to know that the accusation was contrary to the truth, or if the accusation is true, there can only be a defamation. In addition, slander and slander can damage the honor and good name. This can be taken against through civil law on the basis of the tort.

On the water

 

 

 The Dutch Water Defence Lines represents a defence system extending over 200 km along the edge of the administrative and economic heartland of Holland. It is comprised of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Built between 1815 and 1940, the system consists of a network of forts, dikes, sluices, pumping stations, canals and inundation polders, working in concert to protect the Netherlands by applying the principle of temporary flooding of the land.

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

Nostalgia: early sound

 

2000: Introduction of the USB stick, with the first version containing 8 MB of memory. The MP3 player makes its debut. This effectively renders the physical audio medium obsolete, as the music is stored within the device itself rather than on a separate audio medium. 2001: Apple launches the first iPod media player. These feature a hard drive and can store much more data than the MP3 players of that era. 2006: Sony releases the last MiniDisc device to date. 2008: Sony and EMI announce they will cease production of CD singles in the coming year. 

 The Future Because the music industry was late in realizing that the future of the audio medium lies in downloading or streaming music, it has suffered significant losses and fallen behind in recent years. MP3 files, in particular, are widely available on the internet. It is expected that in the coming years, the physical audio medium as we know it today will be further displaced by these online technologies. 

Oldest European film

 

 

 Mutoscope and Biograph Company was one of the first film companies to record important events and happenings, which were distributed worldwide. Some of these films have been preserved in the collections of the BFI and Eye; with two hundred short films, Eye even manages the largest Mutoscope and Biograph Company collection in the world.

Farmers talk

 

 

 Film theory is a set of scholarly approaches within the academic discipline of film or cinema studies that began in the 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures; and that now provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large

Dutch Light

'HOLLANDS LICHT is a documentary film about myth and reality of Dutch light. A film about light that has become famous thanks to painting. This can be found in the painted landscapes of painters such as Van Goyen and Van Ruisdael, in interiors and still lifes by Vermeer, Saenredam and Heda, and later in the work of artists such as Weissenbruch, Roelofs, Gabriël and Mondriaan. The myth is deeply rooted and wants light and perception to be the basis of a visual culture that is said to have emerged in the 17th century. But according to the German artist Joseph Beuys, that culture of looking would have come to an end in the middle of the 20th century. But is it????.

 

Blossom

 

A close-up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography, and the comic strip medium is a type of shot that tightly frames a person or object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium and long shots (cinematic techniques). Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving toward or away from a close-up is a common type of zooming. A close up is taken from head to neck, giving the viewer a detailed view of the subject's face.

Service your right

 

 

 Main causes of the decline Experts attribute the decline to a combination of political, economic and procedural factors: Political sentiment and rhetoric: President Trump's return and his "America First" policy, including sharp rhetoric towards allies such as Canada, has led to a negative perception among potential travelers. 

Strict border and visa rules: New policies, such as a "visa integrity fee" of $250 (which makes the total cost of some visas up to $442) and stricter controls of social media profiles, create barriers. 

Economic pressure: A strong US dollar makes travel to the US more expensive compared to alternative destinations. Safety concerns: Incidents involving tourists being held at the border and travel warnings from other countries about political stability have deterred travelers.

Images Museum

 

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📍 Museum of the Image The Musée de l'Image is a special museum in the city of Épinal, known for its rich tradition of prints and illustrations (the famous “Images d'Épinal”). 🖼️ What can you expect? A collection of more than 100,000 images from France and the rest of the world Works from the 17th century to the present day, including popular prints, religious images, and propaganda A unique combination of: historical images modern art (photography, painting, multimedia) Regularly changing exhibitions, making every visit different 👉 The museum mainly shows how images reflect and influence our society over the centuries.

Happy Holdiday (making of)

 

Apple has launched their official 2025 holiday advertisement for the season. This years commercial comes in at 2 minutes and features two friends taking a snowy hike, one of whom drops their iPhone into the snow, which is soon picked up by a forest creature, who proceeds to gather even more forest creatures to use the iPhone and stage a sing-and-dance. It’s goofy and fun, and all of the various animals are puppets, giving it sort of a Jim Henson vibe. The holiday ad is called “A Critter Carol”, with a tagline “This holiday, remember that friendship is a gift”, and the entire commercial was shot on an iPhone 17 Pro (which is also the same iPhone that drops into the snow).

Epinal en France

 

 

 Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. When putting together some sort of video composition, typically, one would need a collection of shots and footages that vary from one another. The act of adjusting the shots someone has already taken, and turning them into something new is known as film editing

Harvest

 

 

 A flashforward is a scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future. They may also reveal significant parts of the story that have not yet occurred, but soon will in greater detail. It is similar to foreshadowing, in which future events are not shown but rather implicitly hinted at. It is also similar to an ellipsis, which takes the narrative forward and is intended to skim over boring or uninteresting details, for example the aging of a character. It is primarily a postmodern narrative device, named by analogy to the more traditional flashback, which reveals events that occurred in the past.

WorldPress :storytelling

 

 

 The World Press Photo Foundation organizes the famous World Press Photo Contest every year. This is one of the most prestigious competitions for photojournalists in the world. Founded in 1955 in Amsterdam Crowns the best press photos of the year Focus on news, current affairs and social themes Winners are chosen by an international jury Regional and thematic categories (such as climate, conflicts, portraits) The winning photos travel the world every year in an exhibition that attracts millions of visitors, also often seen in the Netherlands.