Flora Holland

From its birth in the 1880s, movies were predominantly monochrome. Contrary to popular belief, monochrome does not always mean black-and-white; it means a movie shot in a single tone or color. Since the cost of tinted film bases was substantially higher, most movies were produced in black-and-white monochrome. Even with the advent of early color experiments, the greater expense of color meant films were mostly made in black-and-white until the 1950s, when cheaper color processes were introduced. By the 1960s, color became by far the dominant film stock. In the coming decades, the usage of color film greatly increased, while monochrome films became scarce.

Makkum ceramics

 

 

 A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries".

Music boxes

 

 

 A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and were originally called carillons à musique (French for "chimes of music"). Some of the more complex boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb.

Making of Fabeltjeskrant

 

 

\ In the age of DVDs, shorter behind-the-scenes documentaries were often used as a bonus to give more insight into the film, how it was made, and to credit the film crew. Occasionally, some films included a "making of the making-of" as a joke.[4] The making-of was also often released for television as a part of the promotion of the film.

Beautiful island: Curacao

 

 

 New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies. It comprises virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D printing, immersive installation and cyborg art. The term defines itself by the thereby created artwork, which differentiates itself from that deriving from conventional visual arts such as architecture, painting or sculpture.

The Sacred Cow

 

It [the movie art form] combines so many other art forms, as do theater and opera, but the essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images, images of people during emotional moments, or just images in a general sense, but put together in a kind of alchemy. A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

Move around music

 

 

 Videomixage by antonwithagen

While musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, promotional music videos started becoming popular into the 1960s and the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live-action, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as abstract film. Combining these styles and techniques has become more popular due to the variety for the audience. Many music videos interpret images and scenes from the song's lyrics, while others take a more thematic approach.

For Ever Fun

 

 

 Many theories exist about what humour is and what social function it serves. The prevailing types of theories attempting to account for the existence of humour include psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider humour-induced behaviour to be very healthy. The benign-violation theory,attempts to explain humour's existence. The theory says "humour only occurs when something seems wrong, unsettling, or threatening, but simultaneously seems okay, acceptable or safe." Humour can be used as a method to easily engage in social interaction by taking away that awkward, uncomfortable, or uneasy feeling of social interactions.

Back to the future (music)

 

 

 A soundtrack is the music of a movie, TV series or computer game. In the case of film music, the music album is often released in the same period as the film in question premieres. Sometimes such a soundtrack also contains one or two songs that become a hit and make extra advertising for the movie or game. Originally, the soundtrack was the sound track of a movie, with the dialogues, the background sounds, the sound effects and the film music.

Pigeon search

 

 

 What has now become a feature film began five years ago as an idea during the coronavirus pandemic. Lisanne was only ten years old when she started writing. "Each time, a better version of the script emerged," she says. "I really started working on it seriously when I was thirteen." "The ending of the film is truly moving." "Duivinder" tells the story of two children who want to help their lonely grandfather after the loss of his grandmother. They try to find a new love for him through pigeon racing. The idea arose when Lisanne saw elderly people feeling lonely during the pandemic. "I saw many elderly people who feel lonely," she says. "They attach great value to their pets, just like I do." Lisanne herself is crazy about racing pigeons. Her own pigeon, Dik, even plays a small role.

Carnivalolympics

 

 

 A film format is a technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film for still images or film stock for filmmaking. In the case of motion picture film, the format sometimes includes audio parameters. Other characteristics usually include the film gauge, pulldown method, lens anamorphosis (or lack thereof), and film gate or projector aperture dimensions, all of which need to be defined for photography as well as projection, as they may differ.

Dutch countryside 2

 

 

 Western films derive from the Wild West shows that began in the 1870s.: 48  Originally referred to as "Wild West dramas", the shortened term "Western" came to describe the genre. Although other Western films were made earlier, The Great Train Robbery (1903) is often considered to mark the beginning of the genre. Westerns were a major genre during the silent era (1894–1929) and continued to grow in popularity during the sound era (post–1929).

Woodwork industrial

 

 

 Actuality film is a non-fiction film genre that uses footage of real events, places, and things (essentially B-roll), a predecessor to documentary film. Unlike documentaries, actuality films are not structured into a larger narrative or coherent whole. During the era of early cinema, actualities—usually lasting no more than a minute or two and usually assembled together into a program by an exhibitor—were just as popular and prominent as their fictional counterparts

Attack by the wolves

 

Wolves have become increasingly common in the Netherlands since 2015, and since 2019 the country has once again been home to a pack of wolves with young – the first in around 150 years. The government intends to review the current Interprovincial Wolf Plan, a process that will start in 2021.  The return of wolves to the Netherlands

 

Wild mussels

 

 A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures. Nature documentaries usually concentrate on video taken in the subject's natural habitat, but often including footage of trained and captive animals, too. Sometimes they are about wildlife or ecosystems in relationship to human beings. Such programmes are most frequently made for television, particularly for public broadcasting channels, but some are also made for the cinema.

Dutch filmmaking

 

Post-production, also known simply as post, is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individual program segments. Contrary to the name, however, post-production may occur at any point during the recording and production process.

The traditional first part of the post-production process, non-linear (analog) film editing, has mostly been replaced by digital or video editing software, which operates as a non-linear editing (NLE) system. The advantage of non-linear editing is the ability to edit scenes out of order, thereby making creative changes at will. This flexibility facilitates carefully shaping the film in a thoughtful, meaningful way for emotional effect.

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.

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.

Rare Kiek

 

 

 In any case, there was always a wooden cabinet in which something could be seen. The model that we find most often in Dutch sources is a closed cabinet placed on a standard with one or more viewing holes, allowing the audience to look at an image in the cabinet. Presumably, the viewing holes were equipped with a lens, creating a depth effect and offering the image a lifelike sight. With that guarantee of lifeliness, the owner of the cabinet could lure the public to his attraction, where they could then take a look for a fee.7That makes the weirdo a precursor of the cinema, a form of audiovisual entertainment on location, where the owner of the cabinet took care of the auditory part: he provided the images in the cabinet with explanation and commentary and thus played the role of explainer.

Fotomuseum Rotterdam

 

 

 Color isn’t just something we see — it’s something we feel. Each frame in this carousel explores a different way color shapes emotion: the soft pastels of a glowing sky, the saturated detail in living textures, and the deep reflective tones that turn ordinary moments into abstract art. Whether it’s nature, water, or the quiet details most people walk past, every image here taps into how color can tell a story without a single word.