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video recording

vr.tr.video-recording · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain video recording as a technique and its formats, relay technology, standards and history from media sources, describe kinds of recorded video works, and distinguish video recording from film photography, live broadcast and audio recording.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain video recording as a technique and its formats, relay technology, standards and history from media sources, describe kinds of recorded video works, and distinguish video recording from film photography, live broadcast and audio recording.

The capture of moving images and usually sound onto a storage medium, from analogue videotape and videocassettes to digital files, producing works such as television reports, video documentation of events and performances, video art and videodance, and formats such as vertical video for mobile screens; video recording is both a technique of imaging and a category of works, governed by standards, copyright and consent rules.

What it is for: Capturing moving images and sound.

It can be explain the technique and formats; relay technology and standards; describe kinds of works; distinguish related media.

Distinguishing features

Electronic capture

Storage medium

Many formats

Works and documentation

What it looks like

Not a visible object; footage on tape or file.

Physical character

first practical videotape recorder: 1956 year - Ampex

VHS introduced: 1976 year

common codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1 list

vertical video aspect: 9 by 16 ratio

How it is recognised

Capture of moving images to a medium

Videocassettes, digital files, vertical video, television reports, video documentation, video works, videodance

Film uses photochemical stock; live broadcast is not stored; audio recording lacks images

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

imaging method

is a kind of - in registry terms

technique

produces - as output

audiovisual work

is contrasted with - photochemical recording

film

In practice

Families and kinds

analogue videotape and videocassette recording

digital video recording to files and cards

broadcast and television reports

video documentation of performances, research and events

video art, video works and videodance

mobile and vertical video

Standards and regulation

Video standards from SMPTE, ITU and MPEG

Copyright in recordings

Consent and privacy rules for recording people

Archival preservation standards

Failure modes and hazards

Format obsolescence and tape decay

Recording without consent

Confusing video recording with film or broadcast

Also called

videocassettevertical videotelevision reportvideo documentationvideo workvideodanceanalog video recordingTEDxDeExtinctioncrossfeed demonstrationBlue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Video with sounds of squirrelsFirst-person videosupercuthigh-dynamic-range videohigh-definition videoVR180The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la CruzviddingASMR audio filepre-recorded video16mm film transfer to video

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What video recording is.

Science.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is video recording, and how does it differ from film, live broadcast and audio recording? definition
  2. Is the question about the technique, a format, a kind of work or a legal matter? boundary

Kinds

Kinds of works.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What are television reports, video documentation, video works, videodance and vertical video? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Technology Technology.

Science.

Formats

Formats and media.

Formats

Formats.

  1. How did videotape, videocassettes, discs and digital files develop, and what codecs and containers are used? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Capture

Capture.

Capture

Capture.

  1. How do cameras and recorders capture video, from sensors to encoding? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Practice.

Practice.

Recording

Recording well.

Recording

Recording.

  1. What practices produce good recordings for documentation, journalism and art? action
  2. Which entry fits videography? action

Preservation

Preservation.

Preservation

Preservation.

  1. How are video recordings preserved and migrated by archives? provenance
  2. Which entry fits audiovisual archiving? action
Context Law and history.

Context.

Law

Law and consent.

Law

Law.

  1. What copyright, consent and privacy rules apply to recording people and events, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own legal situation, which needs a lawyer? boundary

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did video recording develop from Ampex to home video and smartphones? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of video technology? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should videotape and video art be separate primary entries?
  • How should media standards be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming formats and genres; should they be split off?