C100: What is your job title?

One of my friends coined this one years ago*: Video Whore.



*Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but it's still a good one no matter where it originated.
 
Run&Gun said:
Just for the love of God do NOT call me a videographer. I despise that term. Whenever I hear it or someone referred to as such, I think low-end corporate, 'uncle-Bob shooting a wedding', any other negative you can think of, guy with a camcorder.
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I slowly have come to terms and let it just roll off my shoulder when someone calls me a videographer but I still hate the word
 
+1

Yes, that's the term the rest of humanity uses when they see a guy with a pro camera. Like it or not. Ranges from the guy in the back of the auditorium filming a 3rd grade dance recital, up to the one shooting a major TV episode on the street, we're all "videographers" in the public's eyes, regardless of what we call ourselves. So, live with it.
 
I don't mind videographer. When people call me a photographer it drives me nuts. Especially when they come up a stop in front of my video camera and pose.
 
nedcam said:
+1

Yes, that's the term the rest of humanity uses when they see a guy with a pro camera.
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The funny thing is, I've never really heard anyone in the "general public" use that term. It's usually someone that in some way or another is involved with video.

When I used to shoot a lot of news years ago, it used to crack me up when someone would ask me what newspaper I was with. This was the late 90's/early 2000's, so we're talking Betacam on my shoulder and newspapers didn't do video, even if they were on-line, yet.
 
Videographer is the standard term in the wedding industry. Even then, the clientele often mispronounce it --- not that I blame them. They used to just hire a photographer, but now they need a photographer and a "videographer." It kind of makes sense, despite its clumsiness. But hey, at one time someone criticized the word television for similar reasons.

Is videographer spreading to other industries besides weddings?
 
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