This week on "Getting into it with Loveridge Designs" We are going to cover the difference between a videographer and a cinematographer.

A cinematographer also referred to as the director of photography (or DP), is the individual in charge of the camera and lighting crews on a movie set. It is the responsibility of the cinematographer to realize the vision of the director by making technical and artistic decisions in regards to lens choice, exposure, lighting, composition, filters, camera movement, colour-grading and more. To put it simply, the cinematographer is the person accountable for a film’s cinematograph which is the art and science of motion-picture photography. Every decision the cinematographer makes must also service the director and the story. On a large production, it is unlikely that the cinematographer operates the camera at all. That’s usually the job of the camera operator, who works under the cinematographer.

The term “videographer” began to be used as a way to describe an individual who works in video production, as opposed to film production. This means that a cinematographer works with film stock and a videographer works with video. However, the line that distinguishes the two has blurred with the rise of digital cinema.

A videographer is a camera operator on a small crew or working solo.

What typically distinguishes videographers from cinematographers is that videographers operate with much smaller crew sizes, often working alone. Unlike a cinematographer, videographers often handle other elements of production, including editing, sound, lighting and camera operation.

To recap, a cinematographer works with a large crew and is responsible for artistic and technical decisions regarding the photography of a motion picture in accordance with a director’s vision. A videographer, by contrast, works with a much smaller level of production, is usually the camera operator and probably works solo; overseeing a project from start to finish.

If the distinction between cinematographers and videographers is fairly clear, why all the confusion? well many videographers have taken the opportunity to either use these titles interchangeably or create a false hierarchy. Another major contributor has been the popularity of DSLR video cameras, which create a more film-like, cinematic image. This, in combination with the public’s perception of videographers, has led many companies and freelancers to differentiate by categorizing themselves as cinematographers rather than videographers.

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