Videography Terminology

In recent years there has been phenominal advances in camera technology, bringing with it vast improvements in video and audio recording. The first stage was for the old analogue format to be replaced by a digital platform, and more recently this has been further improved with a high definition format.

The result of these advances in technology has been oustanding improvements in quality of the picture of your wedding film and its accompanying soundtrack. Both video and audio can now be appreciated in incredible clarity and definition, making the viewing experience so much more true to life and your enjoyment so much greater.

An important point to consider is that high definition recording captures so much information that it does not fit on a standard DVD. Instead it has to be recorded on discs that have greater capacity, which require a different type of encoding process to store the information - Blu-ray and HD DVD are the two formats available. This also means that the discs can not be read on standard DVD players and need to be played by compatible equipment.

As an alternative to the Blu-ray and HD DVD video format it is also possible to view high definition films using several software based media players on your PC or Mac, for example Quicktime. This is possible as the software can read the film data file before it is encoded on to Blu-ray or HD DVD disc, negating the need for a high definition player. We can provide you with your HD wedding film in this computer based data format and we actually see this as a popular choice for the future as more pc and mac based media centres drive entertainment in the home and living room.

Over the past few years there has been tremendous growth in the downloadable music industry and movies will surely be next as internet speeds increase to make downloading the larger video files convenient. In a year or two it is certainly possible that people will be downloading their high definition wedding films direct from this website and sharing the download area with their family.

Another format that is now used by the latest cameras is 16:9 widescreen video. This gives a much greater field of view than the traditional 4:3 format, which older televisions use. Modern day television's have the 16:9 format, which means that your wedding film will fill the whole screen. It also gives the film a more cinematic feel as this is the format that films shot for the cinema are recorded in.

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