Cinematography

The art and science of photographing animate or animated beings or objects in motion, using a motion picture camera. Distinct from "chronophotography," which records motion or change with a series of photographic images shot with a still camera, either discrete photographs taken sequentially or a single exposure capturing movement, as blurred images. For terms concerning the overall process of making motion pictures and the various techniques involved, see descriptors under the guide term "<filmmaking and filmmaking processes and techniques>."