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

De Jordaan begins at Brouwersgracht, just west of Centraal Station and arches around the Canal Ring between Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgrac...

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides...

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, J...

Too Much Johnson is a 1938 American comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. The film was made three years before Welles directed...

Adventure films are a genre of film. Unlike action films, they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic loca...

A viral video is a video that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social...

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

In the infancy of motion pictures, the cinematographer was usually also the director and the person physically handling the camera. As t...

A leitmotif is a "short, constantly recurring musical phrase associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely relat...

One aspect of cinematography that strongly separates it from still photography is the ability to move the camera, which represents the aud...

A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions wi...

Film in Russia became a staple of fairs or rented auditoriums. After the Lumières came representatives from Pathé and Gaumont to open offic...

A ciné camera or movie camera takes a rapid sequence of photographs on strips of film. In contrast to a still camera, which captures a sin...

Sound localization refers to a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance. T...

Birth name Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter Nickname(s) Bestevaêr Born 24 March 1607 Vlissingen (Flushing), Zeeland, Dutch Republic Died 29...

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an ide...

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (translated as Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror; or simply Nosferatu) is a 1922 German Expressionist ...

A slide-show of our children in law ,based our their Facebook photo's. Grandfather did the adjustments and this arrangement and Iphoto...

As the famed site of healing cold springs, Spa has been frequented as a watering-place since as early as the 14th century. Though other s...

Esch sur Sure from A web film is a film made with the medium of the Internet and its distribution constraints in mind. This term aims to...

Go shoot Armed with a camera, mics and your own ambition and imagination, you're about as free as a filmmaker can be. This is where gu...

The Cinema of Germany refers to the film industry based in Germany and can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has ma...

A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentr...

The dancing procession of Echternach is an annual Roman Catholic dancing procession held at Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach...

about IDFA Amsterdam home of many documentaries The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest ...

The Ken Burns effect is a type of panning and zooming effect used in video production from still imagery. The name derives from extensiv...

In Filmmaking and video production, a scene is generally thought of as the action in a single location and continuous time. Due to the ab...

“I never really think where I put the camera. It comes naturally to me. I don’t analyze and I don’t contrive. If you haven’t got your own...

In the infancy of motion pictures, the cinematographer was usually also the director and the person physically handling the camera. As the...

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction...

FORCED LABOUR Dutch government, in spite of recent claims as one of the richest in Europe, seems to lack an enormous amount of money in ...

Many have been in the asylum process for years, and include Somalis, Afghans,, and stateless persons. Human Rights Watch is concerned tha...

Inspiring Stanley Kubrick “I would say that there are elements in any good film that would increase the viewer’s interest and appreciatio...

   In filmmaking, behind-the-scenes (BTS), also known as the making-of, the set, or on the set, is a type of documentary film that features ...

In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms f...

a family film. 1972/1973 filmed in Kodak super 8. My hometown and my fathers hobby: pigeons as well as a black &white Dutch Documen...

"Charlie" Chaplin, was an English actor, comedian, and filmmaker, who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide ...

Digital photo slide shows can be custom made for customers, using their photos, music, wedding invitations, birth announcements, or virtu...

A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions wi...

Visual effects are often integral to a movie's story and appeal. Although most visual effects work is completed during post-production...

John Ford “When you’re able to distinguish the art of the horizon at the bottom of a frame, or at the top of the frame — but not going r...

Loutish behaviour and degeneration are commonplace today. Its the theme of this thriller shot in my hometown in the Netherlands. People...

Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than that use...

Horror and terror stem mainly from movies and literature. Horror is the feeling you get after seeing something violent and disturbing, wh...

This technique is more frequently used in films when you want to create some kind of dramatic effect. It involves showing two action scene...

Film is an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten, and inspire audiences. The visual elements of cinema need no translati...

it may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other obj...