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

A story within a story can be used in all types of narration: novels, short stories, plays, television programs, films, poems, songs, and...

In photography and cinematography, available light or ambient light refers to any source of light that is not explicitly supplied by the p...

When using the sky as a background, make sure the subject is frontlighted or sidelighted if you're using a camera with automatic expos...

A camera stabilizer, or camera–stabilizing mount, is a device designed to hold a camera in a manner that prevents or compensates for unwan...

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

In photography and cinematography, available light or ambient light refers to any source of light that is not explicitly supplied by the ...

Mise-en-scène is an expression used to describe the design aspect of a theatre or film production, which essentially means "visual t...

Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much more spread out tha...

An open content film is much like an independent film, but it is produced through open collaborations; its source material is available un...

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

War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It ...

  I t's one of cinema's greatest ironies that editing can make or break a film, but few moviegoers understand what an editor actual...

An uncluttered background helps focus attention on the subject. By filming from a low angle and using the sky as a background, or by shoot...

Docufiction (or docu-fiction), often confused with docudrama, is the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction, this term oft...

Key Frame: In some forms of digital compression, uncompressed frames (key frames) are placed at regular intervals (eg. every 6th frame is ...

At the dawn of its commercial deployment from the 1950s through the 1990s, videotelephony also included "image phones" which wou...

The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the sile...

Disaster tourism has been defined as the practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster, either natural or man-made,...

Visual artists are no longer limited to traditional art media. Computers have been used as an ever more common tool in the visual arts sin...

Montage is the technique by which separate pieces of film are selected, edited, and then pieced together to make a new section of film. A ...

Docufiction (or docu-fiction), often confused with docudrama, is the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction, this term oft...

Crossing the Line (Reverse Cut) Crossing the line is a very important concept in video and film production. It refers to an imaginary li...

Maritime art, especially marine painting - as a particular genre separate from landscape – really began with Dutch Golden Age painting i...

In film making, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another cha...

In combination with other aspects, theatrical costumes can help actors portray characters' age, gender role, profession, social class,...

The Zaanstreek/Zaan area is possibly the oldest industrial area in the world. It flourished in the 17th century, when there where about a ...

A Dutch auction is one of several similar kinds of auctions. Most commonly, it means an auction in which the auctioneer begins with a high...

Images may be two-dimensional, such as a photograph or screen display, or three-dimensional, such as a statue or hologram. They may be cap...

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (colloquial: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox, 20th, Fox) is an American film studio that is...

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

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of ...

As psychologist Chris Willard often says, our phones can be our greatest enemy or greatest friend. While they can save us time and energy,...

In filmmaking and video production, pre-production formally begins once a project has been greenlit. At this stage, finalizing preparation...

A journey to create a confetti-sprinkled world of color and sensation that’s unlike anywhere else. A unique immersive experience designed ...

Storytelling describes the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. E...

This is what you can do at the BroekerVeiling Auctioning seasonal vegetables, taking a boat trip or renting your own, walk over the muse...

In filmmaking and video production, footage is raw, unedited material as originally filmed by a movie camera or recorded by a video camera...

In film making, the 180-degree rule1 is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another cha...

The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage - 27 October - is key initiative for both UNESCO and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archiv...

  Cinephilia also cinemaphilia or filmophilia is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film critici...

Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the bulk of the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, a...

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

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivat...

In the early 1950s, the proliferation of black-and-white television started seriously depressing North American theater attendance.  I...

Sustainable tourism enterprises link livelihoods and conservation. Many African economies depend on tourists flocking to iconic national...

  Work hard, play by the rules, and you’ll go as far as your talents will take you. Right? But so often this isn’t how the system works. In ...

Trijntje Keever was born in Edam on April 16, 1616, as Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever. Already at a young age she grew like cabbage. Trij...

COMPOSITION Composing your scenes carefully in the viewfinder enhances the quality of your movies. You're already far ahead of the g...