stock footage
Licensed video library
Stock footage is prerecorded video or film that can be licensed and inserted into new productions rather than being shot specifically for them.
Filmmakers use stock footage for establishing shots, historical scenes, or any visual that would be impractical or expensive to capture fresh—a volcano erupting, crowds in Times Square, wildlife in the Serengeti.
Stock footage libraries catalog clips by subject, making it easy to search for exactly what a project needs.
- newsreelsFilmed news for cinemas
- royalty freeUsable without recurring payments
- clipsAttaches or excerpts
- scenesDivisions within acts
- archiveStored historical records
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- footage
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- productiondirectors, pre-production, producers, production, cameras
- recorded mediavideo, audio, clip, video clip, audio clip
- video clipstrailers, scenes, B-roll, previews, teasers
- video contentepisode, YouTube, subtitles, web series, Vimeo
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