Filming activity so you can replay it and study movement, gesture, timing and interaction in detail.
Key thinkers: Sarah Pink, Christian Heath, Jon Hindmarsh
The longer story
Video captures what memory can't hold—the precise gesture, the interaction's timing, how bodies move through space. It's essential for practice-based research where movement matters: dancers, performers, makers. But it's not a transparent window; the camera angle, the frame, the moment you start recording—all are choices. Analysis is laborious because video is dense. You'll watch the same minute dozens of times, noticing new things. And consider: how does being recorded change what people do?