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i am a Dutch amateurfilmer and homevideo enthusiast, as well as producer, director, editor of such "shows" Most of these films on this site are samples of my short videos, the majority edited with iMovie and compressed with Quicktime.A great deal of the fun in making a good video, ls coming from preventing, coming acros and overcoming problems. This video blog is a communication tool between family and friends sharing news, documentaries, interviews, travellogues, videopodcasts and reviews. Also tips and tricks about and examples of how to make interesting homevideos, travelogues, (From Amsterdam till Zaragoza), ipodsfilms, vacationfilms, historical movies etc. Making-off stories. Camera and Cinema items. Other topics include videos of events or other interessting things from my neigbourhood and/or home country. Interesting subjects for filmcollectors and cinephiles. like    * Cinematography   * Directing   * Editing   * Film Formats   * Production Design   * Screenwriting   * Special Effects   * Video Production Posts on homevideos, contributions and comments or reviews are welcome Viewing tips: best quality can be obtained by choosing and using Quicktime, during downloading you could read the corresponding (Wikipedia !)" texts, as sometimes download can take some time.Downloading and subscribing is also possible through Apples iTunes/or/ fireant under: C'est le Toon Other blogs include: blog.com, the internet archive as well as youtube. Not all films/videos on this side are mine. Just like other bloggers i come across interesting films i do like one way or the other, or which grip my attention because of valuable cinematographic elements which are instructive. While anyone can surf and search for these themselves, it's cool that someone is doing the selection, organizing and publishing. Since video can show a lot more than just text or pictures, there are a lot more things that video blogs can cover compared to what a typical blog or photo blog can cover. We all need audience With keeping up the emotional contents we all allow ourselves a wonderful selfexpression. You can reach me at the following email adress antonwithagen@versatel.nlThis show is frequently changing, so checkback for updates Enjoy
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The history of cinema in Germany can be traced back to the year of the medium's birth. On November 1, 1895 Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil demonstrated their self-invented film projector the Bioskop at the Wintergarten music hal...
H.264 is the revolutionary new, industry standard video codec that delivers truly stunning video quality at remarkably low data rates. Ratified as part of the MPEG-4 standard (MPEG-4 Part 10), this incredible technology produces excel...
There are several types of Carnival celebrated in The Netherlands. The best known variant is known as the Rijnlandsche Carnival and it shares many folklore traditions with its German and Belgian counterparts. Maastricht is famous not ...
BelemAlong the Rio Tejo , is the historic neighborhood of Belém. Its prime attraction is the grand Mosteiro dos Jeronimos. Construction started in 1501, and took 70 years to complete. During its construction, the monastery cost an equ...
A good example of a one minute filmComedy film is a film genre designed to be humorous. It is an old genre with some of the very first silent films being comedies. Comedy, unlike other film genres pays much more attention ...
Getting a start in Super 8Well, it's not so frightening but it sure can be wonderful. Be warned though, Super 8 isn't about instant gratification, it's about care and patience, but for those prepared to ditch the point and shoot digi...
Koblenz is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and its monument (Emperor William I on horseback) are situated.Establishing shotIn film and television, ...
The so-called City of the Four Rivers, shows us a historic centre dominated by medieval buildings and reminders of Romans, Arabs and Jews. Inside the walled enclosure of "La Força Vella" you can find the culiminating works of its hist...
Alex van Warmerdam (born August 14, 1952 in Haarlem) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter. He made his directorial debut in 1986 with the film Abel. He plays parts in most of his own movies, mostly p...
A new camcorder?In a nut shell, iMovie uses DV formatted video, which to date isfound on all Mini-DV and Digital8 camcorders which are tape based.Digital8 is a dying format so skip that. Any Mini-DV camcorder (tapebased) will record v...
Soundtips1) Use a Quality Microphone Microphones built in to camcorders are generally low quality. They dont always pick up sound well, and sometimes youll end up hearing the sound of the camcorder operating. 2) Monitor the Sound If y...
A Light is White? Right?Your eye may perceive the light streaming in your window as similar to that of a Lowel DP, but to the video camera, all light sources are definitely not equal. The camera sees the distinction as a difference in...
MOVIES THAT MATTER is a new foundation, established in Amsterdam in 2006. It promotes compelling cinema of human rights and human dignity.MOVIES THAT MATTER believes that films can- inspire observance of the Universal Declaration of H...
The Roman BathWe can safely assume that the Roman Bath, or Thermae, is the father of our modern day spas and health clubs. Bathing in ancient Rome was not a private activity conducted in the intimacy of one's home. Quite to the contra...
Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current science or technology. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculativ...
The pearl of the River MoselleIn the most romantic part of the Moselle Valley, lies the old town of Cochem.Even the Romans sang the praises of this remarkable landscape. Cochemer Moselpromenade The magnificent Reichsburg, the big cas...
The Rotterdam Brandgrens (the fire limits) marks the areas of the city that were destroyed by the bombing on 14 May 1940 and the ensuing fires that broke out. Light objects are used to mark the fire limits. An iconic image of a flame ...
What is telecine?Telecine is the process of getting the physical film image onto video tape or into a digital form. Professional telecine uses a specialist machine which scans each film frame and transfers it to the chosen medium (ana...
music by me and GarageBandYou dont have to be a musician to make music with GarageBand. GarageBand includes short pieces of pre-recorded music called loops. Loops contain musical patterns that can be combined and repeated seamlessly.T...
Visual artsThe visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking. Those that involve three-dimensional objects, su...
Super 8? Isn't l this a bit out of date?There are thousands upon thousands of users across the globe using Super 8 on a daily basis. Entire feature films have been made in the format and Super 8 images regularly appear in music video...
Spanish coasts are spectacularIn the context of motion pictures and television, sound effects refers to an entire hierarchy of sound elements, whose production encompass many different disciplines, including:Â Hard sound eff...
1928Â (black & white) Silent-filmClose shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratchetting.The bridge is in Rotterdam, and it is still there today. It was given ...
 FilmtipsTell a Story - If you don't have the time to formally edit your videos, use in camera editing (i.e., the fancy name for pressing record and pause at just the right times) to neatly follow some chronological path a...
Digital video footage borrows a filmic property through the use of shutter-speed controls, which change the rate at which fields are converted to frames, compacting the time between field sets and elongating the distance between actua...
Webvideo * Keep the action steady. Reduce the amount of fast and extended motion in your movie because high-speed action sequences result in sluggish playback.* Use well-lit scenes. Because dark settings present difficulti...
Filmtransfer?There are several other issues you must weigh when purchasing a camcorder for the purposes of film transfer. If, for example, your ultimate goal is to someday have your video projected from celluloid in a movie theater, y...
The majority of the Dutch seems to be in favor of the Royal family. Every year little video's are made of this special Queens day. I found this one on Videotalent.nlCreate your own vlogVideo blogging is becoming more and m...
Watch TV, on Your ComputerThere are many places to watch free video clips online, and many other place, like iTunes or Amazon, to purchase and download videos online. Well, did you know that there's also a place where you can find and...
 Over the Pyrenees  FAQ on tapesI just upgraded my old Canon ZR digital camcorder to the Canon HD and I'm very pleased so far. However, it strikes me that perhaps I should be using a better quality tape than the ...
Just south of Andalsnes is the Trollstigen or the Trolls’ Ladder. The road twists and turns its way up from sea level to 700 meters and provides some challenging switchbacks.The road was built in 1936 and has an incli...
Stretching TimeWe often think of time manipulation as reducing time, such as in our school tour when we moved from the cafeteria to the band room. All that video in between the two locations would have been boring to watch at real tim...
EditingB-roll refers to video footage that sets the scene, reveals details, or generally enhances the story. These clips can be used to cover any jumps, or bad transitions from one scene to another.By observing a 180-degree plane, you...
Town news The Eindhoven town news is on the screen an annual report concerningthe city and its inhabitants on film and it is sponsored by the municipal authorities .It is the oldest in the Netherlands and is over 50 years of age. Many...
Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between the southern regions of Norway and the area around Trondheim. As a result, it has been heavily trafficked during and probably preceding historical t...
Design Academy EindhovenWe visit the Design academy Eindhoven to see some of the new graduates of 2007. Featuring projects of Bart Hess, Steven Kessels, Patricia Weusten, Reinier Bosch, Moniek Driesse, Nacho Carbonell Ivars, Solvi Sig...
Tuna festival EindhovenThe Tuna tradition originates in Spain, where mediaeval students would travel from master to master to get an education. They would basically sing for their supper whenever they could. Sometimes the travelling s...
Stock Footage CollectionThe Internet Archive is a great source of stock footage. They have thousands of public domain films (especially the movies in the Prelinger Archive) that can be used for any purpose, including cutting them up a...
The film industry began as a visual medium in which artists could be seen acting out stories on the silver screen, but in recent decades it would seem that the general movie going public is more interested in the way a movie sounds th...
this film is part of a report covering a whole day of projections and festivities when our film and videoclub had its anniversaryA video projector takes a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using ...
A short video taken in the neigbourhood of Paris. Golfhotel Domain de BrieCamera anglesThese are used extensively to communicate meaning, Morris Bomaye and emotion about characters: * Low angle shot: Looking up at a character or obj...
Next month the liberation of the Netherlands will be memorized. The southern part, however, has been liberated already half a year earlier, during operation Market Garden. this parade in Eindhoven commemorates this.Open-so...
Thorn is a town in the municipality of Maasgouw, in the Dutch province of Limburg.Thorn started as an abbey in the 10th century, founded by Bishop Ansfried of Utrecht.Founded about 975 as a female Benedictine convent, it developed si...
The case against this famous suspect has been suspended because of medical reasons. Since no cameras are allowed in court journalist have to work with drawings. This vodcast shows the making of such pictures, which speak for themselve...
The iTunes video store is unique in that it is the only video downloading service available that does not use a web browser Instead, the iTunes video store is embedded inside of the iTunes media player. If you have iTunes, you already...
I made this video with a good friend of mine, when we all had our annual outdoor trip  Democratic Player vs iTunesDemocracy Player was built specifically for video RSS. The interface is easier to use and more intuitive.Demo...
This is an old super 8 film dating from the seventies. I did not shoot this footage but I bought it on the Island at the time that super 8 stock footage was sold in souvenir shops. The color of this (bad) copy of the film has never be...
`De Film van Ome Willem' was a very surreal experience. For starters, it was not a film at all, but a TV show for 4 to 6 year olds. The makers wisely decided to break as many rules as possible instead of talking down to their audience...
Independent filmmakingFilmmaking also takes place outside of the studio system and is commonly called independent filmmaking. Since the introduction of DV technology, the means of production have become more democratized. Filmmakers c...
Experimental film [or "experimental cinema"] is a term used to describe a range of filmmaking styles that are concerned with avant garde approaches to film making. Many film scholars have argued that experimental film is one of the ma...
Postproduction - FoleySound effects should not be recorded during production. Because your film may be distributed internationally and the dialog could be dubbed in the local language you should record the sound effects separately. Tr...
Digital Filmmaking is the futureFilmmaking is both a technical and a creative process. While it is easy to be creative, the technical demands of a film that looks good on the silver screen is enormous, and celluloid just about fulfils...
Entertainment and moviesCamcorders are often used in the production of low-budget TV shows where the production crew does not have access to more professional equipment. There are even examples of Hollywood movies shot entirely on con...
the following tips will help your video look better online, without stifling your creativity: * Get steady. Whenever possible, shoot your video on a tripod. This way, even if theres motion in the scene, the background remains the ...
There are many ways to create the style of a movie or its visual effects. The technique used may require live action, clay figures, models, or good artists. Many techniques are used that completely remove the necessity of live actors ...
From a film by Frits Roelofs (my neigbour) FilmschoolsFor those looking to create exciting visual works, film schools can provide the basic education, training and specialized skills needed for filmmaking and video production. Film st...
An old super 8 film a little bit adaptedLack of idea's?Let the projects below give you the creative inspiration Events and CelebrationsBirthdays, holidays, school plays, family reunions--these are the reasons you bought a video camera...
The Roman theatre was shaped with a half circle or orchestra space in front of the stage.. The stage was supported in front by open columns. To solve the problem of lighting and sound - the theaters were outdoors.The huge amount of pe...
TRAJAN FORUMThis Forum celebrates Trajans campaign in the territory that is now Romania and is the largest and most recent of Romes imperial forums. Built between 107 and 113 this vast structure includes a triumphal arch, an equestria...
She recently published her autobiography and i found this video on her on YouTubeSylvia Kristel is a Dutch actress and model. She is the daughter of a Skeet shooting champion and she had a Catholic upbringing, her parents running a ho...
History of CinecittaA 20th century addition to the magic of Rome is the film studio of Cinecitta. The Cinecitta studios have been making films for 70 years.They're also starting to play host to television series - suitably enough, the...
Another (old) super 8 film which has been transferred to DVDÂ For nearly the entire history of film and movie production, certain films have been either boycotted by political and religious groups or literally banned by a regime for p...
Trajan's Column is a monument in Rome raised by order of emperor Trajan. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Finished in 113, the spiral bas-relief commemorates Trajan's victory in ...
This is my very first vacation movie shot op super 8 in 1975 in Switzerland. Home videos are priceless records of our personal histories. They help us to keep our memories alive, or to share important events with friends and family. M...
VJ is a performance artist who performs moving visual art (namely video) on large displays, often at concerts, nightclubs and music festivals. The term originates from a parallel with DJs, although most VJs nowadays have more in comm...
‚ This film was taken from www. videotalen.nl/ (You can find a big lot of dutch movies over here.) A good expample of modern designed film, made by the author with the assistance of young filmmakers from Florida.An ex...
Source; Polygoon-Profilty The Eleven-cities Tour is a speed skating competition and leisure skating tour held irregularly in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. Since 1909, the tour has been held 15 times. The often cold weather a...
Stories from the Bible have frequently been used as a basis for films. It is attractive subject matter for filmmakers for several reasons: 1) The Bible has a large potential audience of interested Christians willing to buy tickets. 2)...
A silent film is a motion picture with no accompanying, synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as the motion picture itself, but because of th...
North Sea flood in the NetherlandsIn the night of 31 January/1 February 1953 many dykes in the provinces of Zeeland, Zuid-Holland and Noord-Brabant proved not to be resistant to the combination of spring tide and a northwesterly storm...
The Piazza del Popolo is one of the most famous places, especially for foreigners, in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "piazza of the people", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in I...
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form (especially art film), a source of popular entertainment, and a powerfu...
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form (especially art film), a source of popular entertainment, and a powerfu...
Arsenal Football Club are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. They play in the FA Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football. Arsenal have won thirteen First Division...
Screen Projection TransfersTo record film to video, simply project the film onto a screen and record it with a video camera.As easy as this sounds, you may find that your first attempts are less than satisfactory. The most common prob...
Oscar-winning Dutch film director Fons Rademakers has died, aged 86.He died of emphysema in a Geneva hospital after doctors turned off life-support machines at his request.Rademakers won an Oscar in 1987 for best foreign-language film...
Your camcorder is one of your most important weapons in the competitive war of digital filmmaking. Its also one of the more expensive weapons that you cannot afford to lose too soon - and hence, its always better to take good care of ...
Joris Ivens ( 1898-1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and devout communist. He is generally respected as one of the foremost documentarists of the twentieth century.Probably the best known of his early films is this 10-minute sho...
(genres of film)Action - generally involves a moral interplay between "good" and "bad" played out through violence or physical forceAdventure - involving danger, risk, and/or chance, often with a high degree of fantasy...
CuttingThe key concept in all cutting is that you're putting a break in the current flow of images. In order to make cuts smooth and maintain your program's flow (if that's your goal) you need to place your cuts where they...
Turn the Camera Backwards!Sometimes there's no need to go to great lengths to videotape yourself. There's a whole new genre of holding-the-camera-backwards-at-myself video, from The Blair Witch Project to the Hong Kong action extravag...
Multitude of effects you can use to jazz up your video projects. Slowing down a video can enhance emotional and dramatic moments. Try it in wedding videos or flashback scenes. And don't forget comedy--funny moments are often even more...
 this film was shot by my friend and neighbour Frits RoelofsTips for Shooting InterviewsWhen you're starting out shooting IVs it's probably best to keep it simple. It's better to have a boring static shot for 60 seconds tha...
Videotalent is a Dutch site where they collect amateur films for webcasting and possible TV broadcasting. The first part of the film contains the promo-trailer for this website.The following video "Man over de vloer" was submittedThi...
SHOTSIZEShot size is determined by the framing. (see else) There are many possible choices of shot but we can think in terms of five basic shot sizes with intermediate shots in between. Shot sizes can be closely tied to narrative deve...
FRAMINGThe famous dutch painter Rembrandt painted the civil guards "in action" in a period when this no convention. Later on the edges of the painting were cut. The main figures are now in the middle in stead of to the right w...
Location shooting is the practice of filming in an actual setting rather than on a sound stage or back lot. In filmmaking a location is any place where a film crew will be filming actors and recording their dialog. A location where di...