The difference between film and video is pretty large, even though both forms of capturing images are referred to as filming. Basically, the term film refers to a motion picture movie that is educational or artistic and photographed on film. The term video refers to motion picture images captured in digital form and stored on videotape or some other digital recording device. The film was usually meant for the big screen, while the video was usually confined to the small screen. Some advances in video camera I witnessed at George Lucus' new SF location can make it pretty hard to tell film from video on the big screen thanks to advances in video resolution. But when it comes to resolution, I still think that film has a video beat.
Overall film is usually a more expensive proposition than video when it comes to satisfying the budget requirement for some productions. Film requires a film camera with sound capabilities, film processing, and separate production equipment to view, cut, and edit the film. You will need to wait until your camera film is processed before you can see what your camera lens has captured. With a video camera, you can usually press rewind to instantly see what your video camera lens digitally recorded and if everything was in focus move on.
Film requires a film projector suited for the millimeter film you are using a suitable viewing screen and lights out! When I first started making movies back in the days B.C. (before cable) I was using a super 8-millimeter movie camera with sound, which meant I needed a super 8 mm projector, with a separate editing setup to show my mostly family horror films. This was of course after my two or three-day wait for my super 8-film to be processed by my local drug store.
With most video cameras you can simply press rewind to see what you have digitally captured right at the camera, or with the appropriate video player and a television or video monitor you can get instant real-time feedback while working on video production. Depending on the finished product you want to come up with (a roll of film, or some digital film storage that suits your need) and in some cases, both film and video both forms of artistic expression are good for communicating dramatic information, feelings, moods, and ideas.
Even though today most theaters no longer play movies on film most of the movie makers I know still prefer to shoot their motion pictures on film and believe that film is still easier to edit than digital files. Digital filming is pretty much the standard these days but there are still movie makers out there, shooting on film every year. For me, the decision as to which mode of shooting is best depends on my budget. So whichever way you choose to go (Film vs Video) the thing to remember is that.
In its most basic form film is a series of still images that when shown on a screen, create an illusion of a moving image due to the phi phenomenon, like it says in Wikipedia. Scenes are photographed/filmed with the film camera and when all the principal photography and editing is done, you have a motion picture.
Video cameras use magic, electronic magic that uses optics, and electronics, to capture static and moving images electronically and while I used almost exclusively video cameras these days, I am still trying to understand the magic that makes video cameras work.
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