Cinematography

Although literally it means writing the movement, the term cinematography is generally understood as the art and process of recording visual images for the cinema (with a camera) and later developing those images in a laboratory. Thus, it has as much to do with lighting and photography as it does with film.

Related Topics:
Art - Image - Cinema - Camera - Laboratory - Lighting - Photography - Film

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As a process, it is closely related to photography and, as the former, it extends from conception and pre-production to post-production and presentation. Also like photography, cinematography is a creative and interpretive process that affects the motion picture as an aesthetic product. A cinematographer frequently has to work together with a director to ensure the artistic coherence of the final product.

Related Topics:
Aesthetic - Director - Coherence

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Some aspects of cinematography also involve the framing, photographic aspects and duration of a shot. Cinematographic effects include lighting and camera angles.

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Cinematography traditionally referred to the capture of moving images using film media, whereas videography referred to the capture of moving images using electronic media; the advent of digital cinema, however, has begun to blur that distinction.

Related Topics:
Film - Videography - Electronic - Digital cinema

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