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

With the advent of digital editing, film editors and their assistants have become responsible for many areas of filmmaking that used to be...

  Chroma keying is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed...

The Autochrome Lumière is an early color photography process. Patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France ,it was the principal col...

If you're reading this I needn't remind you that there's a revolution happening in video, with major TV shows and even featur...

Ever seen a video where everything's a lot redder than it should be? It might even have been one of your videos. Different lights ar...

There are only two kinds of films: good or bad. Anything in-between is often vague and pretentious. Now the big question is how you can m...

A biography is someone else's life story. An autobiography is about your own life. A work is biographical if it covers all of ...

Today, the small size of fully automatic camcorders with large view screens and long-life rechargeable batteries has reduced the housing ...

Filminfo Mise-en-scène  is an expression used to describe the design aspects of a film production, which essentially means "visual ...

In filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a film frame or video frame is one of the many still images which compose ...

Artis, short for Natura Artis Magistra (Latin for "Nature is the teacher of art"), is a zoo in the centre of Amsterdam. It is...

The Shining is a 1980 British-American psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane ...

Filminfo: The Cinema of the Russian Empire roughly spans the period 1907 - 1920, during which time a strong infrastructure was created....

A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their ded...

A Documentary film is a great way of exploiting cinemas potential for observing life. It is a visual expression that strives to docume...

Videographers are not just storytellers, they're also the keepers of our memories - which is an amazing responsibility. While a direct...

Sinterklaas traditionally arrives in the Netherlands each year in mid-November (usually on a Saturday) by steamboat from Spain. Some sugg...

Filmtips: Of course, camcorders and photo cameras are purpose built. The camcorder has features that the still camera hasnt and vice v...

A Flip-style camcorder comes in a MP3 player-like package with a digital zoom lens one on/off Record button, a basic audio microphone, a...

Film thoughts: We get our ideas from what Im going to call for a moment our unconscious the part of our mind that goes on working, fo...

Filminfo: The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest and most prestig...

Filmtips: Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that al...

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing...

Filmtips: The 3-Act Structure is the basis of all stories . There is a beginning, middle and end. There is an inciting incident, whic...

A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the ...

In film, a storyboard artist is hired at the beginning of a project. When a storyboard artist is hired by a motion picture company, the ...

The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, when films such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin ...

A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mix...

Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both arti...

Movie tips: Movie scenes, especially action sequences, are influenced by the sound effects added in post. For example, in a fight scene ...

Conceptual photography as a part of conceptual art is a photography genre in which the artists makes a photograph of a concept or idea. U...

iMovie '09 iMovie '09 ; was released January 2009 as part of the iLife '09 package. It introduced some new features and...

Indie films, also known as an independent filmmaker, is much more creative than Hollywood productions and short films. The majority of ind...

  E lly Nieman | Gebroken Wit How nice a super 8mm film still can be. Certainly in combinatie with the selfmade song and music  

Does a Combocam obviate the need for a video camera? Should commercial photographers adding video capability to their repertoire just us...

In a common technique among makers of documentaries on subjects where principally still material is available, Burns often gives life t...

C ollage film is traditionally defined as, “A film that juxtaposes fictional scenes with footage taken from disparate sources, such as new...

Psychology of the Camera are the visual meanings of shots and angles. In other words, where you put the camera can either enhance or detr...

Zero sum game implies winners and losers. If somebody wins, somebody gotta lose ... I don’t agree with that. Because all boats can rise on...

DSLR camera's, Think probably the most popular reason why people buy these cameras is for video. In video production, one thing that...

In cinema, a making-of - also known as behind-the-scenes - is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television ...

Every once in a while, there are so many changes in current video technology that ; it is worth the time to imagine what the future with t...

Panorama Mesdag gives you a 360 degree vista of the sea, the dunes and the fishing village of Scheveningen as it was in 1881. Step back in...

While you constantly hear about how downloading movies is illegal, there are numerous free legal movies you can download. ; Sure we arent ...

Videos in the public domain are no longer subject to copyright laws, and you may use them freely without permission and without fear of le...

The origin of the term "footage" is that early 35 mm Silent film has traditionally been measured in feet and frames; the fact...

Stop motion is an animation technique that physically manipulates an object so that it appears to move on its own. The object is moved i...