There are a number of websites with royalty-free stock footage,
motion backgrounds, production music, After Effects templates and more. Suppliers
of stock footage may be either rights-managed or royalty-free. Many websites
offer direct downloads of clips in various formats. Stock footage is often used
in commercials when there is not enough money or time for production. Examples
of stock footage, which might be used, are moving images of cities and
landmarks, and historical footage. Stock footage is beneficial to filmmakers as
it saves time and shooting new material.
LIST OF STOCK FOOTAGE WEBSITES:
01) www.anistock.com
02) www.shutterstock.com
03) www.istockphoto.com
04) www.videohive.net
05) www.gettyimages.co.uk
06) www.videoblocks.com
07) www.pond5.com
08) www.revostock.com
09) www.nfb.ca
10) www.stockfootageforfree.com
11) www.criticalpast.com
12) www.bbcmotiongallery.com
13) www.artbeats.com
14) www.framepool.com
15) www.imagesource.cnn.com
16) www.aparchive.com
17) www.nbcuniversalarchives.com
18) www.nbcuniversalarchives.com
19) www.mrfootage.com
20) www.sonypicturesstockfootage.com
21) www.footagebank.com
22) www.globalimageworks.com
Sometimes it can be used to composite moving images, which
create the illusion of having on-camera performers appear to be on location. It
means that some shots with special effects for any video production can be filmed using a green screen backdrop. When the green is keyed out
during post-production, stock footage or stock shots are inserted. However
stock footage must be balanced with the original video work and it’s only as an
extra shots or for special effects. Stock footage is a great resource, but it is
meant to enhance the original work, not replace it. More creatively using stock
footage includes flip, shrink, colorize, slo-mo, reverse, posterise or texture
map. It can be used as a combination of graphics, text, pictures and video to
get across a strong visual message. It’s good to use stock footage as
transitions, flare and accents instead of relying on it for the entire plot of
the project.
