video diaries
Personal recorded chronicles
Video diaries are recordings in which someone documents their daily life, thoughts, or experiences directly to a camera over time.
The format is personal and confessional—the camera serves as audience and confidant.
Originally associated with camcorders and reality television, video diaries now thrive on platforms like YouTube and TikTok: She's been keeping video diaries of her cancer treatment.
- vlogsFilmed online journal entries
- webcamComputer-mounted video capture device
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- real talkFrank, unfiltered discussion
- first personGrammatical self-reference perspective
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- amateur mediahome movies, student films, indie films, short films, vlogs
- video typesMP4, movies, AVI, films, clips
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- video journalingvlogs
video diariesnews reports
Published accounts of happenings
broadcast journalism · television programs · public announcements · theatrical films · press conferences
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