Hello everyone, this is my take on the difference between
cinematography and
videography
according to lexico
cinematography is defined as the art of photography and
camerawork and filmmaking
While the videography is defined as the process or art of making video films
To make it simpler
cinematography is the planning on how should the video creation takes place and
videography creates a video
According to Frank Romano a
cinematographer or also known as the director of photography is
part of a large crew and is responsible for
artistic and technical decisions regarding the photography of motion picture in
accordance to the director's vision
They do not operate the camera in the production phase. Therefore they focuses more on the pre-production phase
Meanwhile a videographer is a camera operator
that usually works on their own or
Sometimes is a part of a small crew
Since they are mostly a soloist, they cater the pre-production production and post-production
of a video
Basically a
Cinematographers job is more specific
While a videographers does everything in filmmaking
