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

    In the 1960s a new film format, Super8, coincided with the advent of battery-operated electric movie cameras. The new film, with a large...

    Mexican cinema dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio Díaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films ...

    The theoretical resolution of 35 mm film is greater than that of 2K digital cinema.[64][65] 2K resolution (2048×1080) is also only sligh...

    The most common uses of the wipe effect is the invisible wipe where a camera follows a person into another room by tracking parallel to ...

    Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with...

    A soundtrack is recorded sound accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television p...

  There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work. There is maximum risk when the stunts are performed in front of a live a...

  An act is a major division of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, ballet, or musical theatre, consisting of one or more scene...

    Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many modern films have been able to rely on digital samples to imitate th...

  Cross-cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time, and often in the same pla...

    Since the late 1970s, cult films have become increasingly popular. Films that once would have been limited to obscure cult followings ar...

With the growing diversification of studios into such fields as video games, television stations, broadcast syndication, television, theme...

    A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who per...

  Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audien...

  In cinematography, a tracking shot is any shot where the camera follows backward, forward or moves alongside the subject being recorded. O...

     "I am not a client, a customer, nor a service user. I am not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief. I'm not a National...

  A camera operator in a video production may be known by titles like television camera operator , video camera operator , or videographer ...

    Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is desc...

    In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for select...

     In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creati...

    A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklor...

    In live-action film, a storyboard artist is hired at the beginning of a project. When a storyboard artist is hired by a motion picture c...

  Consumer camcorders have switched from being tape-based to tapeless machines that record video as computer files. Small hard disks and w...

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

    What is a film still in cinema? A film still, also known as a movie still or production still, is a photograph taken during the produc...

    In filmmaking, a long take (also called a continuous take, continuous shot, or oner) is shot with a duration much longer than the conven...

    Non-linear editing is a form of offline editing for audio, video, and image editing. In offline editing, the original content is not mod...

    Here are some tips from me that will help your video stand out:
Tip 1: High resolution videos, 4K would be better
Tip 2: Keep these clip...

    Telling a story In a dramatic motion picture, the story is told by many people. The cinematographer tells the story with the camera...

    In film, a sequence is a series of scenes that form a distinct narrative unit, which is usually connected either by a unity of location ...

  The 20th century is not the first to create images of life during medieval times. The Middle Ages ended over five centuries ago and each...

    An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major fi...

  Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental lo...

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

  Day for night is a set of cinematic techniques used to simulate a night scene while filming in daylight. It is often employed when it is ...

    The film editor works with raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences which create a finished motion picture. Film e...

    Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect....

    A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an ...

    Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be obje...

    The Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival held every March, mostly at the Finnkino Plevna movie theatre, in Tampere, Finland....

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

  The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film,...

     A sketch is mainly descriptive, either of places (travel sketch) or of people (character sketch). A sketch story is a hybrid form. It ...

    A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the co...

     It's easy to think that buying or hiring expensive equipment will just yield great camera movements naturally; however, this isn...

  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FILM MEDIUM Deakins works with directors who take advantage of the medium. This may be the most important advice y...

  Lighting a scene Using just a key light results in a high-contrast scene, especially if the background is not illuminated. A fill ligh...

    Find the right camera angle Both the shot size and camera framing is augmented by the various camera angles. For example, depending on t...

    Build up the tension It's important to include elements of visual tension, especially as your video approaches the denouement. Use ...

  Formats Different layers of video transmission and storage each provide their own set of formats to choose from. For transmission, there...