Television cinematography

Television cinematography refers to visual media produced specifically for display on the television, or TV shows (as opposed to theatre cinematography, which is produced for display in theatre; 'theatre shows').

Television cinematography is a much newer art form than its theatre counterpart, and has gained recent traction with cinematographers due to television's Imperially mandated viewing, as well as the exemption of television media from Imperial regulations on the names of recordings.

Differences to theatre cinematography
Television cinematography largely differs from theatre cinematography in that rather than recordings of theatre, TV shows are usually series of recordings of shorter stories, or 'episodes'. These episodes are often situational, but as TV shows have become more a more popular genre, some have been produced with episodes that form up pieces of a longer narrative, more akin to a theatre show. The shortness of TV show episodes is due to television broadcasts traditionally being split into small, alternating blocks of similarly short media, such as propaganda, advertising and reportage. The growing popularity of television cinematography has also, however, led many TV shows towards increased episode length.

Neomutinous popularity
Television media's high accessibility and fad nature has garnered it a large following among neomutinous consumers as well as producers. The Thresh Prince of Bel-Air is considered a pioneer of neomutinous television, with its protagonist's mutinous attitude towards his superiors in the Imperial Threshecutioner Brigade.