Videography refers to the process of capturing moving images on electronic media (e.g., videotape, hard disk, or solid state storage, streaming media). The term includes methods of electronic production and post production. It is the equivalent of cinematography, but with images recorded on electronic media instead of film stock. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into image (disambiguation). ... A screenshot of a web page. ... Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Solid state drive. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Film stock is the term for photographic film on which films are recorded. ...

The word combines "video" from early Greek and later Latin, meaning "I see" or "I apprehend", with the Greek terminal ending "graphy", meaning "to write". Its contemporary sense is rooted in an article titled "Videography: What Does It All Mean?" (American Cinematographer, October 1972).

The advent of digital imaging in the late 20th century began to blur the distinction between videography and cinematography. Today digital cameras are rapidly rendering film cameras into collectors' items. Digital imaging or digital image acquisition is the creation of digital images, typically from a physical object. ...

The videography market has grown to include distribution as well as production. With this growth has come market segmentation, based on the application: event video, corporate video, broadcast video, etc. Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ...

The advent of the Internet has created a global environment where videography covers many more fields than just shooting video with a camera. Included under the videography umbrella are digital animation (such as Flash), gaming, web streaming, video blogging, still slideshows, remote sensing, spatial imaging, medical imaging, and in general the production of most bitmap- and vector-based assets. As the field progresses videographers may produce their assets entirely on a computer without ever involving an imaging device, using software-driven solutions. Moreover, the very concept of sociality and privacy are being reformed by the proliferation of cell-phone video cameras, which are spreading at an exceptional rate in industrialized societies. // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Streaming media is just-in-time delivery of multimedia information. ... A video blog, sometimes shortened to vlog,[1][2][3] is a blog that comprises video. ... Slideshow is a modern concatenation of Slide Show. A slideshow is a display of a series of chosen images, which is done for artistic or instructional purposes. ... For the use of the term raster in radio regulation, see frequency raster. ... It has been suggested that Vector monitor be merged into this article or section. ...

A videographer may be the person actually operating the camera or he or she may be the person in charge of the visual design of a production (the latter being the equivalent of a cinematographer). Strictly speaking, a videographer is a person who works in the video medium — recording moving images on tape, disk, or other electro-mechanical device, or even broadcasting live. ... A Camera Operator uses a camera to capture moving images in events and scenes. ...

Videography also refers to the compiling of an artist's music videos or video releases (compare with "filmography"). A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Film refers to the celluloid medium on which movies are printed. ...

See also

• Video production
• Wedding videography
• Event videography