Video production is the process of creating video by capturing moving images (videography), and creating combinations and reductions of parts of this video in live production and post-production (video editing). In most cases the captured video will be recorded on electronic media such as video tape, hard disk, or solid state storage, but it might only be distributed electronically without being recorded. It is the equivalent of film making, but with images recorded electronically instead of film stock.
Practically, video production is the art and service of creating content and delivering a finished video product. This can include production of television programs, television commercials, corporate videos, event videos, wedding videos and special-interest home videos. A video production can range in size from a family making home movies with a prosumer camcorder, a one solo camera operator with a professional video camera in a single-camera setup (aka a "one-man band"), a videographer with a sound person, to a multiple-camera setup shoot in a television studio to a production truck requiring a whole television crew for an electronic field production (EFP) with a production company with set construction on the backlot of a movie studio.
If you are a creative storyteller and know your way around camcorders and film making software, starting your own video production company is a way to not only call your own shots but make a modest income, too. In addition to flexible working hours and diversity of clients and assignments, video production is a business you can launch with a relatively small amount of capital as well as promote easily via the Internet and customer referrals. Prior coursework in screenwriting and film making is highly recommended along with an internship, apprenticeship or assisting at a local access studio to gain hands-on production experience.
