Is the term "filming" a movie applied to digital videos?

Question

In writing about movie making I want to use the correct term for it. Is filming a movie defined exactly the same as making a video with a digital cam?

Answer 1

Actually, "shooting" and "filming" would both be correct. A motion picture has 3 stages. 1. Pre-Production 2. Principal Photography 3. Post-Production The number 2 stage refers to the gathering of your footage. The terms shooting and filming are used. Technically, a tape has magnetic film inside of it and that's what your footage is recorded on to. Film cameras just use different types and sizes of film (35mm, 16mm, 8mm) A movie is just a motion picture. Neither film nor digital cameras actually record moving images. They both record a series of pictures (frames) within one second intervals, and our brain automatically fills in the gaps between the frames to give us the illusion that the footage is moving. So both traditional film cameras and digital cameras can shoot movies (motion pictures)

Answer 2

Most folks refer to it that way - but technically, you are correct... using a digital cam and tape (or hard drive or flash memory) does not use film. The technically correct descriptions are "Shooting video" or "capturing video" or "video taping" (if tape is used).