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

      As of today, former football players or other famous Dutch people may no longer be used for gambling advertisements. This measure is i...

    With the spread of global high-speed internet, video clips have become very popular online. By mid-2006 there were tens of millions of...

    A parody, also called a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work de...

    Filmmaking also takes place outside of the mainstream and is commonly called independent filmmaking. Since the introduction of DV techno...

 Narrative can be organized into a number of thematic or formal categories: nonfiction (such as creative non-fiction , biography , journ...

    A 'turnaround' or 'turnaround deal' is occasionally used to describe an arrangement in the film industry whereby the pro...

     The simplest transition between shots it is a straight cut, which is an abrupt transition between two shots. Another type of transition...

      A story’s flow and rhythm determines how it sustains the audience’s interest throughout its duration. Storytellers must be able to pul...

       A still image film, also called a picture movie, is a film that consists primarily or entirely of still images rather than moving ima...

    Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct fr...

    Video game industry practices are similar to those of other entertainment industries (e.g., the music recording industry). Unlike the m...

     In filmmaking and television production, zooming is the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens (and hence the angle of v...

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

    New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphi...

    In film or video scene consists of a sequence of shots. Each shot is made from a different perspective and then they are joined together...

    CODED BIAS explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned...

    The simplest transition between shots it is a straight cut, which is an abrupt transition between two shots. Another type of transition ...

    French filmmaker George Méliès, producer of silent black-and-white film, made films before the 30 degree rule existed. Méliès inspired s...

    A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on t...

       Dubbing, mixing or re-recording, is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production in which additional or suppleme...

     The purpose of modern museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, and display objects of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance...

    An atypical friendship of a young lowlander and teenagers from an indigenous community is put to test due to the overlong pandemic lockd...

    Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over...

    Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every cu...

   Donna Verheijden is a designer, artist and filmmaker. Verheijden graduated from the Sandberg Institute. As a contemporary image maker, D...

    Digital storytelling is a short form of digital media production that allows everyday people to share aspects of their story. The media ...

    Hollywood on the Tiber is a phrase used to describe the period in the 1950s and 1960s when the Italian capital of Rome emerged as a majo...

    Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown. The color is now...

    What is digital storytelling? In its simplest form, digital storytelling refers to the practice of using computer-based tools to tell ...

      The notion of how long a feature film should be has varied according to time and place. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Art...

    Experimental filmmakers generally begin as amateurs, and some use experimental films as a springboard into commercial film-making or tra...

    A remake is a film, or occasionally a television series, video game, or similar form of entertainment, that is based upon and retells th...

     In filmmaking and video production, a shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Film shots are an essen...

    To perform digital colorization, a digitized copy of the best black and white film print available is used. With the aid of computer sof...

    Screensavers are a fascinating part of the cultural heritage of the early digital age. These ‘pause images’ first appeared on our comp...

 The role and status of journalism, as well as mass media, has undergone changes over the last two decades, together with the advancement...

    Historically, the master shot was the most important shot of any given scene. All shots in a given scene were somehow related to what ...

    Set construction is the process undertaken by a construction manager to build full-scale scenery, as specified by a production designer ...

    Daylighting (using windows, skylights, or light shelves) is sometimes used as the main source of light during daytime in buildings. Th...

    Avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or altern...

      A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film While the most common form of film adapta...

    The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century....

    Before the camera stabilizing system, a director had two choices for moving (or "tracking") shots: The camera could be mo...

      A film release is the authorization by the owner of a completed film to a public exhibition of the film. The exhibition may be in thea...

    A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living c...

    A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context...