Amateur-Film and Home-Video, Tips and Information from C'est leToon

After a catastrophic flood in 1957 which devastated the city of Valencia, the river was divided in two at the western city limits (Plan Su...

One of the famous old German university towns, and archiepiscopal seat, Freiburg was incorporated in the early twelfth century and develo...

The Cinema of Italy comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since the development of the Italian film industry in t...

Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Henry the Navigator in 1419, and settled after 1420. The archipelago is consid...

Pikes Peak (originally Pike's Peak) is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains within Pike National Forest, 10 mi (16 km) ...

  Schrader used his new project, a 10-episode web series called Life on the Other Side inspired by Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, to disc...

Rule of thirds A good guideline for composing your shots is the rule of thirds. This means that you should imagine your frame (the image y...

In photography, panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or video camera. Panning a camera results in a moti...

The role of the filmmaker is changing, from one who records images through a lens to one who curates images from an existing database of f...

In 1888, Van Gogh decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art. At The Yellow Ho...

The antique market of Perugia (Italy)Perugia today hosts two main universities, the Universiti degli Studi and the Foreigners University(...

Federico Fellini “A person’s clothes make up part of his character. I draw the character with his costume. I suggest it to the stylists ...

The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed in the Soviet Union and in the years following its dissolution, the Russ...

The pass is located on the Continental Divide at the southern end of the Sawatch Range along the border between Gunnison and Chaffee count...

A warm welcome to Värmland generously provides a never-ending supply of experiences where you will encounter a kingdom of adventure in th...

  Valencia  is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with arou...

About Film in the Netherlands: EYE.nl This website sketches a picture of the developments in Dutch film history beginning with the first f...

The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world,...

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Acad...

Madeira is a fortified wine, produced in the Madeira Islands; varieties may be sweet or dry. It has a history dating back to the Age of E...

The present state of North Rhine-Westphalia was created by the British after World War II from the former Prussian province of Westphalia,...

Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politicall...

Modern video cameras have numerous designs and uses, not all of which resemble the early television cameras. Professional video cameras, s...

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, telev...

Editing is one of the most powerful filmmaking tools. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you want to make movies and tell stori...

Sports movies have been made since the era of silent films, such as the 1915 film The Champion starring Charlie Chaplin. Films in this genr...

A movie star (also known as a film star and cinema star) is a celebrity who is well-known, or famous, for his or her starring, or leading,...

According to Walter Murch, when it comes to film editing, there are five main criteria for evaluating a cut or deciding where to cut. They...

Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain and an officially recognized nationality. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Gir...

A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home to travel from place to place, typically altering the perspective fro...

; Once in a wile we went with our super8 filmclub to an interesting place to shoot some footage. I choose for a laugh-theme. Unfortunatel...

Travelogues are credited with helping cultivating the interest in the travel industry at the same time transportation infrastructure was be...

  Made this video with a good friend of mine, when we all had our annual outdoor trip with the amateur-filmclub Lumiere from Eindhoven. Foot...

Castle was a place where we had a salesmeeting in the 70 years inlast century. a super 8 film. Nideggen is a town in the district of Düren...

A super 8 mm movie The typical costume of the Burgundian Carnaval has developed in the prosperous cities of the Duchy of Brabant and Co...

  A virtual zoo is a new concept that uses the zoo model in a web format . Virtual zoos are basically websites that are created to simulate ...

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to entertain the audience through amuseme...

Using an iPad is easier than using a DSLR or camcorder for many reasons. One big reason is the size of the screen. Your iPad is your mon...

A lava flow is a moving outpouring of lava, which is created during a non-explosive effusive eruption. When it has stopped moving, lava s...

TRAJAN FORUMThis Forum celebrates Trajans campaign in the territory that is now Romania and is the largest and most recent of Romes imperi...

Tournon-sur-RhoneTournon acts as a gateway to the Ardeche and lies at the foot of granite hills which rise up from the Vallee du Doux. A p...

The Cinema of Portugal has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, ...

Many films are made with film formats that are wider than video's standard 4:3 aspect ratio. Where possible shoot proper widescreen vi...

Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting ...

The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade along the...

A film score (also sometimes called background score, background music, film music or incidental music) is original music written specific...

In film, film grammar is defined as follows: A frame is a single still image. It is analogous to a letter. A shot is a single continuou...

A webcam is a video camera that feeds or streams its image in real time to or through a computer to computer network. When "capture...

World cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English sp...