Videography

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The making and recording of films and digital photos is generally referred to as videography. The stocking devices that are used in videography could be pretty varied from flashes or memory sticks to external hard disks. 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 for the linguistic origin of the concept, 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.

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Back in the old days, people could not speak about videography because technology was not so advanced in order to require a new term. They used the word cinematography instead of the one under discussion here. Yet, with the technological progress of the last decade, the necessity to differentiate between concepts led to the appearance of this new term. 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.

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In addition to shooting images, videography has come to extend to other types of videos such as digital animation, streaming, video blogging, video games, slide shows and more. This ever increasing and spreading process, that has gained such prominence in modern times often require computer processing and editing. Animation therefore relies on computer programs for extensive productions. The applications of videography are included in mobile phone technologies as we can take pictures and record videos with the in-built camera of the cellular.

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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 in which an actor has performed, or discography, applies to a singer’s released albums.

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