Videography
The making and recording of films and digital photos is generally referred to as videography. The devices used for storage are pretty varied beginning with hard disks, memory sticks or flashes, and several others. Even if both cinematography and videography pretty much refer to the same thing, cinematography uses a material support to record on, while videography relies directly on electronic media. As far as the origin of the word is concerned, Latin has again had much to contribute to the invention of the term as video in this old language means I see whereas graphy refers to writing.
Back in the old days, people could not speak about videography because technology was not so advanced in order to require a new term. Cinematography was the term that appealed to common usage. But with the coming of the 21st century and the boom in technological development, the need for a new word arose in order to make a difference between the two processes that involved different stocking possibilities. Then, videography gained a lot from the growth of the Internet because the segmentation of the market and the extent in applications have increased proportionately. Event video, corporate video or broadcast video are just a few examples of the market segments we refer to, although the list is much longer than that.
Besides image shooting and recording, videography has come to include even newer types of movies and here we can talk about digital animation, streaming, video blogging, video games, slide shows and more. This rapidly growing media, that has gained such prominence in modern times often require computer processing and editing. Animation therefore relies on computer programs for extensive productions. Mobile phones also use videography which clearly means that videography is within the use of anyone, although we definitely don’t refer to this concept when thinking about the pictures and videos we take with the phone camera.
Finally, videography also designates the collection of music videos or video films of an artist as compared to filmography, which points to the collection of all the movies made by an actor, or discography, applies to a singer’s released albums.
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