Video production
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A video editor operating an AVID video software editing system in an editing suite
Video production is the process of creating video by capturing moving images (videography),
and creating combinations and reductions of parts of this video in live production and post-
production (video editing). In most cases the captured video will be recorded on electronic media
such as video tape, hard disk, or solid state storage, but it might only be distributed electronically
without being recorded. It is the equivalent of filmmaking, but with images recorded
electronically instead of film stock.
Practically, video production is the art and service of creating content and delivering a finished
video product. This can include production of television programs, television commercials,
corporate videos, event videos, wedding videos and special-interest home videos. A video
production can range in size from a family making home movies with a prosumer camcorder, a
one solo camera operator with a professional video camera in a single-camera setup (aka a "one-
man band"), a videographer with a sound person, to a multiple-camera setup shoot in a television
studio to a production truck requiring a whole television crew for an electronic field production
(EFP) with a production company with set construction on the backlot of a movie studio.
Styles of shooting include on a tripod (aka "sticks")[1] for a locked-down shot; hand-held to attain
a more jittery camera angle or looser shot, incorporating Dutch angle, Whip pan and whip zoom;
on a jib that smoothly soars to varying heights; and with a Steadicam for smooth movement as
the camera operator incorporates cinematic techniques moving through rooms, as seen in The
Shining.