Professional Videography
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All the methods and techniques used to capture moving pictures and images on electronic media, solid storage platforms, videotapes or streaming are referred to as videography. Whether we are talking about amateur or professional videography, the concept applies to and includes the processes necessary to electronic production and post production. Videography is the equivalent of cinematography; the element that differentiates between the two is that in videography the recoding media is electronic while in cinematography a film stock is used. The word was coined from the Latin ‘video’ which means ‘I see’ and the Greek ‘graphy’ which translate ‘write’ or ‘writing’. Anyway the advent of digital imaging towards the end of the 20th century has minimized the difference between videography and cinematography.
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Both the amateur and professional videography market have developed to the extent of covering both production and distribution at present. Market segmentation was the result, based on the application: broadcast video, event video, corporate video and others. The development of the Internet has created a global environment in which videography covers many more fields than just shooting video with a camera. Thus, when talking about professional videography, we can distinguish between digital animation, web streaming, gaming, still slide-shows, video blogging, remote sensing, medical imaging, spatial imaging, and, in general, production of bitmap and vector-based assets. With the conquests in the fields of computers and the world wide web on the one hand and that of videography technology on the other, videographers presently rely on all sorts of computer programs to work on pictures and videos. All they can use in the process includes software-driven solutions.
Professional videography requires more than the simple camera operation, since visual design and production are equally part of the job. Professional videography in particular, also deals with compiling artists’ music videos or just video releases, like in discography or filmography.
In professional videography the specialist spends many hours documenting on the event s/he is going to put on video. After the preparatory stages, the cutting of some scenes and the application of the music background that create the smoothing flowing video story take some more hours of work. Professional videographycan thus be defined as the art of capturing certain moments in time. Besides hard work and commitment, an ounce of talent and vision are also necessary to do a good job. Technical knowledge as well as high tech equipment are also necessary to produce the best quality video. Professional videography may thus start like any other profession with film school graduation or like a hobby by filming family and friends’ events.
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