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

The name "film" originates from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the medium for r...

The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than ...

Sentences are often used in metaphors about the “grammar of film editing”, but while it’s true that each shot generally contains more info...

Literal lines do not exist in nature, but are the optical phenomena created when objects curve away from the viewer. Nonetheless, line-l...

A FORGOTTEN MEMORY "INA has collected private collections of film. It has built up an archive of family films and undisclosed amateu...

Film distribution is changing. In addition to the major marketplaces, there are about 200 internet platforms (and growing) where you can ...

MPEG Streamclip What it does: Put simply, MPEG Streamclip is a video transcoder and compressor. It takes a video file and converts it into...

The Castle has been renovated throughout its existence with many earlier parts being overbuilt by later constructions and additions. From...

Time Since space and time are unified, the motion through space impacts time: time slows down for the person who is moving but goes fast...

Several institutes, both government run and private, provide formal education in various aspects of filmmaking. Deutsche Film- und Fernseh...

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects which are added in post production to enhance the quality of audio for films, televisi...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer, artist, and politician. His body of work includes epic ...

Erfurt Cathedral (German: Dom, Mariensdom, or Domberg St Marien) is an impressive Gothic cathedral with some Romanesque parts situated on ...

Tracking shot/travelling shot/dollying shot: Terms used for a shot when the camera is being moved by means of wheels: On a dolly (a low tra...

A citadel is a fortress protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "c...

Sevilla is the most successful club in Andalusia, winning a national league title in 1945–46 , and five Copas del Rey . On the European le...

A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is t...

The Museo Picasso Málaga is a museum in Málaga, the city where artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born. It opened in 2003 in the Buenavista Pala...

The magnificent Castillo de Gibralfaro sits on a high hill overlooking Malaga city and port, and dates back to the 10th century. The i...

On rare occasions, 360° panoramic movies have been constructed for specially designed display spaces—typically at theme parks, world's...

The Rijksmuseum (English: State Museum) is a Dutch national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The muse...

If film was the most influential medium, Hollywood was the most influential image maker. Hollywood films reached a global audience through ...

Clip culture The widespread popularity of video clips, with the aid of new distribution channels, has evolved into 'clip culture'....

Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France, in which one or more bulls are baited, and then killed in a bu...

An alcazaba is a Moorish fortification in Spain and Portugal. The word derives from the Arabic word .al-qasbah), a walled-fortification in...

The Orkest Zonder Naam (Nameless Orchestra) was the orchestra of the catholic broadcasting corporation KRO during the pillarization of D...

The Port of Malaga is situated in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, sheltered by a natural b...

Playscape is the term used by landscape architects and designers who specialize in designing and building playspaces that look and feel lik...

Het lidmaatschap van het Republikeins Genootschap is het doel ervan. Het genootschap heeft geen statuten of plannen. De deelnemers aan h...

Álora is a municipality in southern Spain which is part of the province of Málaga (Andalusia). Located c. 40 km from Málaga, on the right ...

Delftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in ...

Religious epics Grand-scale films involving Jesus, Moses or other religious figures have been called religious or Biblical epics. This ge...

Viral marketing: free distribution of trailers on movie-oriented websites and video user-generated- content websites, and rapid disseminati...

With the spread of Internet global accessing(fastest Internet broadband connection of TCP with accumulator cables and semi fast connection)...

Showings of silent films almost always featured live music, starting with the pianist at the first public projection of movies by the Lumiè...

Filming fireworks:     •    Find a good position where people won't get in the way.     •    A tripod is a good idea if you are planni...

A recent study from BBC Earth and UC-Berkeley has shown that watching nature documentaries can inspire "significant increases in feel...

Cinematography can not only depict a moving subject but can use a camera, which represents the audience's viewpoint or perspective, tha...

Digital8 was is a consumer digital recording videocassette for camcorders based on the 8 mm video format developed by Sony, and introduced ...

Malaga boasts pretty streets, leafy boulevards and lush gardens. Find out why the City's Cathedral is called 'La Manquita' - t...

The film preservation, or film restoration, movement is an ongoing project among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and n...

Malagueñas is one of the traditional styles of Andalusian music (flamenco), derived from earlier types of fandango from the area of Málag...

In the 1960s Fuengirola started to become a leading tourist centre, eventually having the expected facilities for eating, sleeping, and en...

In cinematography, a wide-angle lens refers to a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a normal lens f...

In 1974, an initiative was taken within the Philips Corporation in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. A seven-person project group was formed to ...

The Balcón de Europa, a mirador or viewpoint which gives stunning views across the sea, is in the centre of the old town. Its name is popu...

Google Glass is a wearable computer with head mounted display and wearable camera that can do augmented reality. It is being developed by G...