Professional video production, or videography, is the art and service of videotaping, editing, and distributing a finished video product. This can include television production, commercial video production, and corporate and event videos.
Corporate video production covers a wide range of purposes from corporate communication, training and education, videotaping conferences and conventions, and sales. Video productions can be viewed live in-person, as is the case of I-Mag (image magnification) at a conference where a live video feed from a speaker is shown on a large projection screen; live remotely, as is the case with webcasting where participants can view a live video stream from their computers with an internet connection; or after the event on a variety of playback mediums, including playback from the original camera tape or memory based recording device or an edited version from a website video, optical disc, magnetic tape, or portable video device.
Video production can be used at sporting, school, stage, wedding, church, and similar events to provide recordings of the events. Event video productions range in distribution from a wedding video that is custom made for a bride and groom and their immediate family and friends, to a dance recital where dozens to hundreds of videos are sold to individual dancers.
