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

Effects which can be used: 1. Dissolves Any time you have a cut that looks or sounds abrupt, try adding a dissolve to smooth the transiti...

The Republic of the Seven United Provinces was attacked in1672 by England, France, the bishop of Münster and ; Cologne. As a result the ...

  What does a duck decoy look like? A duck decoy consists of a pond with a couple of side-arms connected to it. This lake is most of the ti...

The Future of Home Entertainment The recent success within this market already reflects the rapid take up of DVD players. ; In contrast...

Set dressers arrange objects on a film set before shooting. They work under the direction of a leadman, a set decorator and a producti...

Real digital image stabilization is used in some video cameras. This technique shifts the electronic image from frame to frame of video,...

Dutch Disaster As nine-year old kid I use to live in the Netherlands on the edge of the flooded area , where I witnessed consequences of th...

Cutting A wide shot and a medium close up can be cut together, allowing you to edit parts out and change the order of shots without obvi...

Filmtips: Cut on Motion Motion distracts the eye from noticing editing cuts. So, when cutting from one image to another, always try to ...

The Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie Is a 3 to 5 kilometre wide inundation zone stretching approximately 70 kilometres from Muiden (situated on...

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...