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The Cameraman
With the fast growing New Media also Video and specially public Videos like YouTube get very famous.With all this new platforms and people how shoot great stuff .I would like to get a little deeper view in to the different kind of work and responsibility of the term “cameraman".
Here are some various Jobs all of them use cameraman as simple term but the works are extremely different like a Airplane and a Bicycle. Both needed but for other approaches
Sorted by Media age
Mashinimatograher : Used for the Screen Grabber of mostly Games some Mashinimas getting more views and attention than real Film www.mashina.com
Videographer : Is Called the person how operates a Video Camera
Video-DJ : A Entrepreneur that use Video and Video Cameras to Produce Visual effects for Clubs or Events
Video-reporter : A kind of Journalist that shoot Interview and sometimes edit
the footage for a local report.
Cameraman

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ENG-Cameraman : Electronic News Gathering Cameraman
SNG-Cameraman : Satellite News Gathering Cameraman mostly have only to operate the
Camera connected on the SNG Truck Satellite Truck for Live feeds to
the News Broadcaster
2nd Unit Cameraman: On Cinema or Television Film the 2nd Cameraman beside of the
Chief Cameraman
Camera Operator: They work with the DoP and move pan tilt the camera responsible for
all technical details while the DoP is responsible for light and Art
of the shoot .

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Steadicam Operator same like a Operator only he use a Steadicam Various forms and Models exist since Garrett Brown develop it .
Crane Operator Motioncontrol Operator
Lighting Cameraman : Same as DoP
Director of Photography : Short DoP
Cinematographer : Cameraman shooting only Feature film mostly in the USA used
Electronic Cinematographer : New Technology shooting feature Films also on HD
need special knowledge of the Technologies
So just a very short overview about all different kind of cameraman that exist with different talent and of course different rates too. And most important the audiance can be from a cuple of hunderts to many millions who see the Film .

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