Amateur film
Encyclopedia
Amateur Film is the low-budget hobbyist art of film
practiced for passion and enjoyment and not for business
purposes.
it is the Film & Video Institute. These organizations arrange annual festival
s and convention
s. There are several Amateur Film festivals held annually in the United States, Canada, and in Europe
.
Amateur films were usually shot on 16 mm film
or on 8 mm film
(Either Double-8 or Super-8) until the advent of cheap video camera
s or digital equipment. The advent of digital video
and computer based editing programs greatly expanded the technical quality achievable by the amateur and low budget film maker. Amateur video has now become the choice for the low budget film maker and has boomed into a very watched and even produced industry with the usage of VHS and DVD Digital Video camcorders.
In 1987 a United States Patent was put forth on improving the process for transferring film to video or film previously transferred to video for the treatment thereof and the transfer thereof to a master at a real time play rate, the process comprising the steps of: (a) transferring film to video or transferring video carrying the film previously transferred to it to video in a 1:1 frame of film to frame of video ratio where one frame of film, or one frame of film previously transferred to video as the case may be, corresponds to one frame (two sequential fields) of video--(thus each frame of film now occupies only two sequential fields of video). The process has been developed to allow transfer from 8mm and 16mm to VHS and DVD also made creating amateur film footage much more professional wile adding more of a smooth watchability element. The process allows for unwanted footage to be effectively removed and unique brightness to show as well as color correction during the film transfer conversion process.
In March 1989 the ability to transfer motion picture images of 3-D to videotape was patented. More particularly for film to video transfer methods adapted for 3-D television viewing.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
practiced for passion and enjoyment and not for business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
purposes.
Organizations
The international organization for amateur film makers is UNICA (Union International du Cinema Non Professionel); in the United States the American Motion Picture Society (AMPS), in Canada the Society of Canadian Cine Amateurs (SCCA), in the UKUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
it is the Film & Video Institute. These organizations arrange annual festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s and convention
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
s. There are several Amateur Film festivals held annually in the United States, Canada, and in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Creation
16 mm film
16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film...
or on 8 mm film
8 mm film
8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. It exists in two main versions: the original standard 8mm film, also known as regular 8 mm or Double 8 mm, and Super 8...
(Either Double-8 or Super-8) until the advent of cheap video camera
Video camera
A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the electromechanical Nipkow disk and used by the BBC in...
s or digital equipment. The advent of digital video
Digital video
Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :...
and computer based editing programs greatly expanded the technical quality achievable by the amateur and low budget film maker. Amateur video has now become the choice for the low budget film maker and has boomed into a very watched and even produced industry with the usage of VHS and DVD Digital Video camcorders.
In 1987 a United States Patent was put forth on improving the process for transferring film to video or film previously transferred to video for the treatment thereof and the transfer thereof to a master at a real time play rate, the process comprising the steps of: (a) transferring film to video or transferring video carrying the film previously transferred to it to video in a 1:1 frame of film to frame of video ratio where one frame of film, or one frame of film previously transferred to video as the case may be, corresponds to one frame (two sequential fields) of video--(thus each frame of film now occupies only two sequential fields of video). The process has been developed to allow transfer from 8mm and 16mm to VHS and DVD also made creating amateur film footage much more professional wile adding more of a smooth watchability element. The process allows for unwanted footage to be effectively removed and unique brightness to show as well as color correction during the film transfer conversion process.
In March 1989 the ability to transfer motion picture images of 3-D to videotape was patented. More particularly for film to video transfer methods adapted for 3-D television viewing.