Bodegraven in the middle of Holland

Indie films, also known as an independent filmmaker, is much more creative than Hollywood productions and short films. The majority of indie film-making projects to bring in social issues and documentary-style projects that are less fictional or at least reality-based fiction of a kind.

An independent film can be anything you want it, and you need an inventory of your personal creative goals to meet in order to succeed in the film production. Low-budget films need not be bad films. In fact, several of the best movies ever made be made with a small budget. 

 

Gebroken wit

 

Elly Nieman | Gebroken Wit



How nice a super 8mm film still can be.
Certainly in combinatie with the selfmade song and music

 

Dutch manege Amsterdam

Filmtips:

Does a Combocam obviate the need for a video camera? Should commercial photographers adding video capability to their repertoire just use one of these, rather than also working with a Camcorder?

It's feasible, but I would advise against it. For all of the reasons listed above, a Combocam, as good as it can be, is limited in its features and capabilities, and therefore there will remain a great many things that they simply can't do, or at least can't do all that well.

Belgrade Serbia

Filmtip:

In a common technique among makers of documentaries on subjects where principally still material is available, Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to rest on the player the narrator is discussing.

This effect, present in many professional and home software applications, was affectionately named "The Ken Burns Effect" in Apple ; iPhoto and iMovie

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Collage film is traditionally defined as, “A film that juxtaposes fictional scenes with footage taken from disparate sources, such as newsreels.” Combining different types of footage can have various implications depending on the director’s approach. Collage film can also refer to the physical collaging of materials onto filmstrips.

The use of CGI, or computer-generated imagery, can be considered a form of collage, especially when animated graphics are layered over traditional film footage.

Exploring Amsterdam

Filmtips:

Psychology of the Camera are the visual meanings of shots and angles. In other words, where you put the camera can either enhance or detract the audiences
understanding of what the scene is really about, and what the characters are feeling. There are three angles of view for the camera:

a. Objective: The audience point of view. (The camera is
placed outside the action.)

b. Subjective: The camera acts as the viewers eyes. (The
camera is placed inside the action.)

c. Point of View: What the character is seeing. (The camera is
the action.)

We are the Champions

Zero sum game implies winners and losers. If somebody wins, somebody gotta lose ... I don’t agree with that. Because all boats can rise on a rising sea. Good films help other good films. Different psychology. If you’re overly competitive, you say it is exclusionary, a zero sum game: I must win so he must lose. That’s not true. We can all win without forcing the other guy to lose.
— Oliver Stone

Butterflying

DSLR camera's,
Think probably the most popular reason why people buy these cameras is for video. In video production, one thing that has been absent, until recently, is a shallow depth of field. Now that we can finally play with this filmmaking tool, it seems everybody is clamoring for it. Tons of people are jumping on the DSLR bandwagon, and a bunch of other people are building and/or purchasing 35mm adapters for their HDV cameras.

Almhouses in Haarlem

In cinema, a making-of - also known as behind-the-scenes - is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television program.
Feature length documentaries on the making of other films has become a film genre in its own right.
The making-of film may ultimately be more important than the film itself. Shorter making of documentaries are often used as a bonus on DVDs, as it offers more insight into the film, how it was made, and to credit the film crew. 

 

 

 

Oberammergau

Every once in a while, there are so many changes in current video technology that ; it is worth the time to imagine what the future with this technology will be.
We truly live in an advanced age in which camera companies are putting video functions in their DSLRs. With this revolution, camcorders suddenly went from sensor sizes of 5 mm or less, to sensor sizes of 24-35 mm or more not to mention the addition of interchangeable lenses. While this has been a real boon to image quality and shallow depth of field capabilities

Panorama Mesdag

Panorama Mesdag gives you a 360 degree vista of the sea, the dunes and the fishing village of Scheveningen as it was in 1881. Step back in time and experience a unique view of our cultural heritage – the oldest 19th century panorama in the world on its original site. This cylindrical painting, more than 14 meters high and 120 meters in circumference, was painted by one of the most important painters of the The Hague School, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, with help from his friends.

Welcome to Panorama Mesdag.

Vondelpark in Amsterdam

While you constantly hear about how downloading movies is illegal, there are numerous free legal movies you can download. ; Sure we arent talking about the latest summer blockbusters here, but there are some great films out there on the Internet that can be had for free.

The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies.

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Videos in the public domain are no longer subject to copyright laws, and you may use them freely without permission and without fear of legal repercussions. You may remix public domain videos into new works. When a video creators copyright expires, that video automatically becomes part of the public domain. Also, anything produced by the U.S. government is automatically in the public domain. Sometimes videos become public when the original copyright holder fails to complete the necessary paperwork to renew the copyright.