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Video can refer to non-digital media, see: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video It still doesn't s
by vanusa 5y ago
Video can refer to non-digital media, see: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video
It still doesn't say that video includes "film". You can make a video recording of a film of course, but that's different.
And even if it didn't, what did you think I meant? And how is that even relevant to the question?
It seems you were confused about something that used to be a very obvious distinction, that not too long ago no one would trip up on (the difference between "video" and "film"). It's not especially relevant of course, it was just weird.
- floor2 5y agoYour stance on this is intriguing to me. I'm treating this thread as a neat little obscure, pedantic fact that I learned today- that historically the word "video" had a distinct meaning from "film". Because never once in my 40-some years as an English speaking American have I ever seen this distinction. The two words are functionally synonyms in common usage, or perhaps the common usage would be something like "film" is a subset of "video". Perhaps it varies with geography or industry? Maybe Americans use the terms interchangeably but Brits don't? Or maybe within the entertainment or photography industries experts use the terms with more precision than the average citizen?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI think you're just not old enough. Back in the 1960s, film and video were distinct mediums. For one thing, film had a lot higher resolution. For another, they ran at different frame rates. There were tricks to convert film to video (3:2 pulldown), but nobody went from video to film - the resolution was so limited, it would look terrible.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoI'm American and I've always heard them used as distinct terms. I think your experience may be unusual in this regard.