There are a lot of royalty free video clips sites on the internet, but does anybody have any idea were can I get some clips that show nice offices, rich people, exotic places, and most importantly have this rich look to it!!! Cause I'm having a hard time finding such clips!!!

I actually don't think there are a lot of free video clips on the
internet at all (as you claim). Especially at full resolution / quality.
I haven't ever seen any. Usually you need to buy stock
footage which includes the right to use it in your movies.

yeah that's excatly what I had actually wanted, stock footage

Try a Google search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=exotic+places+stock+footage) as I did. Comes up with some links.
Even some sponsered ones that might be interesting.

There are a 'ton' of royalty-free video offerings out there.

www.artbeats.com
www.timeimage.com

are a couple.

www.thinkstockfootage.com
www.digitaljuice.com
www.dvcuts.com
www.veer.com
www.liquidlibrary.com
www.creatas.com
www.comstock.com

This should get you started.

This link for video footage was posted on another DV users group.
Awesome !

The Prelinger Archives
http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php

There's a big difference between free and royalty free, of course. Most are royalty free. They're usually around 100 bucks for a ten second clip, you pay once and can use it either for a year or in perpetuity.
Creatas.com I really like.

http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php


try this.. a lot of good older stuff

That is more than stock footage...that is entertaining! Thanks!!

It occurs to me that this forum could help people share and footage on a cooperative basis.

How about a whole new forum where people can announce what they've got to offer or what they're looking for? We could even commission snippets from each other. I know there's allready something a bit like this but it doesn't seem to be used much. Perhaps rebranding it as "The Swop Shop" or something would help,

For example, I could easily go out and shoot the Palace of Westminster or rolling English countryside but if I want a sunset in the Arizona desert I'd be stuffed.

What do others think?

BTW, why does everyone use the word Royalty, even if they live in a republic?

This has been talked about in several threads. We hesitate to organize such a forum for various reasons relating to possible copyright conflicts. We would have no way of verifying claims of ownership etc. At the present time members just put out a request for footage.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. That sounds reasonable enough.

These are more of abstract clips, but check out the Kick Back Tracks link below my name to check them out.

for those of you interested in free educational films from 1950's to 1980's, check out Rick Prelinger's site., it's awesome! some great campy and ironically-scary sch-tuff!

http://www.prelinger.com

peace-olah, juLiE

I wonder if any of these sites carry
"The Film", as it was fondly nicknamed. It is an "educational" movie shown to all new members of the U.S. military, during WW II and some years therafter. Those who saw it know its content and the chilling effect on personal behavior its makers hoped it would have. It was before my time, but the old-timers in the Army with me, liked to joke about it. I'd really like to see it and find if it was as gruesome as described.

Steve McDonald

hi Steve!

you know, rick prelinger's site (that i posted on here), may actually have that film for download, try his one-page search and if that doesn't work, email him, he's a very nice guy who will most likely repsond back to your question.

and if you can't find that film, there's several other military "educational-propaganda" films there for viewing...it's a trip!

peace-olah, juLiE

I was looking for a bunch of footage myself, and stumbled across Corbis last night - just saw a report on Corbis on The News Hour on PBS.

In any case, I went to Corbis, and downloaded a piece of footage to see what it would be like to mess with it, and it turns out that it was in Quicktime.

Clearly this would not be usable for broadcast quality, but the size of say a 10 second AVI file would probably be way too big for normal downloaded. SO...with all this as prelude, the real question is - how does one get the original footage, or are you stuck with a highly compressed version?

thanks,
Milt Lee

Let me just get this straight...

Under the license agreement with the Prelinger archive, I can download any of their archival footage, pull clips from it, and put it into my own productions, then freely distribute it so long as I give the author credit and do not do it for profit?

Say I download the MPEG2 version of this film: http://www.archive.org/movies/movies-details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=panorama_ephemera

I am allowed to pull specific clips from it and reuse them in my own works, so long as I follow this license agreement: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/

Considering I can get a hi-res of the film, this seems too good to be true. Can anyone verify/clarify how this footage can be used?

I believe most of the films in the archive go even one step further than you describe - you can't sell the film itself for profit, but you can use the footage to integrate with your project, be it for profit or not.

It's not too good to be true - it's just that most of that stuff was shot using government money, and as such, is public domain. Be sure to check specifically on the licensing of each item though, just to be safe that something proprietary doesn't make its way in there.

The exact quote on usage from the site is:

"You are warmly encouraged to download, use and reproduce these films in whole or in part, in any medium or market throughout the world. You are also warmly encouraged to share, exchange, redistribute, transfer and copy these films, and especially encouraged to do so for free.

Any derivative works that you produce using these films are yours to perform, publish, reproduce, sell, or distribute in any way you wish without any limitations. "

They also have additional footage available with written licensing agreements through Getty Images - but those come at a cost. The hi-res stuff you can download right off their site falls under the free licensing mentioned above.

I'm looking for free chromakey footage, like people walking and talking in front of a blue or green screen.
It can be compressed video, because it's meant to be in the blurred background of a composition.

What would be the best way to shoot file footage.Progressive or interlaced? I mean you wouldnt know where it would end up?

Where do we post messages for the type of footage we're looking for? Or for suggestions/ tips/ alternate methods for creating the footage we need?

Hamad, FootageFirm.com has some nice 15-30 second royalty free clips of the Newport, Rhode Island mansions for only $19.95 each:
http://shop.footagefirm.com/10Browse.asp?Category=Newport+Rhode+Island

Their Cape Cod clips also feature some nice New England mansions for $19.95:
http://shop.footagefirm.com/10Browse.asp?Category=Cape+Cod

Hope this helps,
Joel

I'm new here but can't resist a shameless plug for royatly free footage. Over the last few years I've collected a lot of content from Afghansitan and just last month my company began marketing it online.

One of the big reasons I'm here on this forum now is because some of my customers are looking at us as experts in video editing and I want to stay on top of my game so we can offer value added services to those who use our footage. Some of them just need help in general with editing and technical issues, understanding how they can do things better.

I'll probably be directing some of our customers here to this forum.

Well, as regards a footage exchange, archive.org hosts the Open Source Movie site: http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies

That would be a good place to put footage that you want to share.

Once again the Dv forum comes to the rescue. appreciate all of your contributions and sharing the knowledge.

Rand

istockvideo.com has just begun offering and accpeting SD, HDV and HD footage. Their pool is pretty small at this point but I think their rates and commissions are pretty decent.

We are just beginning to explore working with them and I thought some of you may want to check it out:
www.istockvideo.com

Thanks,
Jeff Schaap
Red Letter Productions

I dont suppose theres any FREE, Full stop is there???

I mean that are good quality......I just havn't got £200 to spend on that sort of stuff when I'm just staring off....

Here's a link for stock footage from Revostock.com.

http://www.revostock.com/SearchResult.html?&CatType=producers&ID=4811

They have video footage, motion backgrounds, music and sound effects for very low prices per clip/song. SoundFX $3, Music $10, NTSC/PAL $15, HDV $20, HD1080 $35. All payable through paypal.

The webpage has a nice layout so you can browse/search by keywords easily and see ranges of clips in a very quick and clean interface. They have over 13000 files so there is a lot of selection.

It's been a great resource for me to grab music and footage.

they all claim Roralty-free, but only try to hook you up. They show you a stamped 160x240 for free, but never free on full resolution clips....

This link for video footage was posted on another DV users group.
Awesome !

The Prelinger Archives
http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php

thanks for that... I think I used it a few years ago for some stock footage while in school to complete a project but had forgotten all about it. I just found some great footage in an old Universal Newsreel for use in my current project in the archives.

It occurs to me that this forum could help people share and footage on a cooperative basis.

How about a whole new forum where people can announce what they've got to offer or what they're looking for? We could even commission snippets from each other. I know there's allready something a bit like this but it doesn't seem to be used much. Perhaps rebranding it as "The Swop Shop" or something would help,

For example, I could easily go out and shoot the Palace of Westminster or rolling English countryside but if I want a sunset in the Arizona desert I'd be stuffed.

What do others think?


Wow, Swap Shop, that takes me back to my childhood, I love it.
Roger I like your way of thinking. There's a lot of us on very low budgets who can not afford Royalty free Stock footage and I think you are on to something there.

I think what Jeff Donald said about copyright would not be a problem if we as the users agreed that this would be copyright free material for what ever purposes we wanted it for.
I would think the bigger problem would be that there would be so much stuff (and some of it, not so good) that the webspace and bandwidth would be more of a problem for dvinfo, especially if this was to be full quality hi def footage. The solution for that could be that we upload small thumbnail previews or limit the size and then contact the user for a full quality download.

"Are any moderators, admin listening"
This is a great idea that Roger is onto here, so please please make this happen. I would be more than happy to supply some footage and it could even inspire me to go out and shoot more stuff.

Maybe we could run a poll on this, see how many people are interested and are willing to supply short clips. It would certainly make a nice addition to this forum.

If there are any other threads or discussions on this topic, if someone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.

Thanks for listening people, and keep up the good work.

Carl (:-})

perhaps we can use Wikimedia commons to host. They already have several videos of with a choose your own license function. Wikimedia might compress the video. Not sure.

Category:Video - Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Video)

I am seriously considering creating some public domain material....

I made some contributions to the public domain.

Enjoy!

File:EyesOfIntent.JPG - Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EyesOfIntent.JPG)

File:LightsAlive.JPG - Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightsAlive.JPG)

Internet Archive: Details: The Threshold of Perception (http://www.archive.org/details/TheThresholdOfPerception)

This link for video footage was posted on another DV users group.
Awesome !

The Prelinger Archives
http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php

Let me just get this straight...

Under the license agreement with the Prelinger archive, I can download any of their archival footage, pull clips from it, and put it into my own productions, then freely distribute it so long as I give the author credit and do not do it for profit?

Say I download the MPEG2 version of this film: Internet Archive: Free Download: Panorama Ephemera (http://www.archive.org/movies/movies-details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=panorama_ephemera)

I am allowed to pull specific clips from it and reuse them in my own works, so long as I follow this license agreement: Creative Commons — Attribution-Noncommercial 1.0 Generic (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/)

Considering I can get a hi-res of the film, this seems too good to be true. Can anyone verify/clarify how this footage can be used?

I believe most of the films in the archive go even one step further than you describe - you can't sell the film itself for profit, but you can use the footage to integrate with your project, be it for profit or not.

It's not too good to be true - it's just that most of that stuff was shot using government money, and as such, is public domain. Be sure to check specifically on the licensing of each item though, just to be safe that something proprietary doesn't make its way in there.

The exact quote on usage from the site is:

"You are warmly encouraged to download, use and reproduce these films in whole or in part, in any medium or market throughout the world. You are also warmly encouraged to share, exchange, redistribute, transfer and copy these films, and especially encouraged to do so for free.

Any derivative works that you produce using these films are yours to perform, publish, reproduce, sell, or distribute in any way you wish without any limitations. "

They also have additional footage available with written licensing agreements through Getty Images - but those come at a cost. The hi-res stuff you can download right off their site falls under the free licensing mentioned above.


Hi,

Just so I've got this right, I can use any of the footage off this website for free? I'm not really up todate on copyright. We covered it in our course, but that was a couple of years ago.
What do i need to do if i use any/mutiple clips? Can any one shed some light please.

Thanks
A

I'm interested of two shots of an airplane from HD Stock Footage - High Definition Video Stock Footage - Royalty Free Stock Footage (http://www.alwayshd.com) but I am unsure if I am allowed to use these because it's for a project for a client in which I would be profiting. Furthermore, I can't find out if they remove the watermark or not.

Can anyone shed some light on making profit while using PURCHASED stock,royalty free footage?

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Why don't you just ask them? Their phone and email is right at the bottom of the EULA. They can give you a much more definitive answer than any of us could.

I think your answer as to your prospective general usage is here:

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In short, your profit motive is not the issue. They just don't want you reselling the footage yourself as a stand alone, or making a movie mainly out of their stock footage. This is a fairly common license from what I have seen.

The watermark issue you'll have to talk to them about.


Chris Swanberg

most royalty free stock has similar terms and conditions

This is a little different to the normal stock footage but might be of some use to other people.

VJ Loops (http://www.vjloops.tv)
HD and also SD and pretty cheap. More abstract than anything but never the less stock.

Liam

I have set up a Free Stock Video Clips Channel on Vimeo.com. The Video Clips on the site are always FREE, and can be used for any purpose. Business or Personal. However, I will accept donations should you feel so led. The web site is pretty self explanatory, and I will try to add a few new 1080p clips daily.

https://vimeo.com/channels/freestockvideoclips

enjoy,

David Rice

Interesting concept, where a sort of "wanted" forum would exist for members to put out what they are looking for, maybe what they are willing to pay if needed, etc.

Two things spring to mind why this is an issue. The first is simply bandwidth.. both internet and storage. I've wondered how much storage some of these stock footage sites require. One of my ideas to make some money was to buy a RED scarlet (back when it was going to be 3K!!) and shoot RAW footage of anything and everything. The amount of storage for solid 3K to 4K RAW is ridiculous. That costs money. Even with today's cheap storage offerings, it's still not cheap when you think about multi-gigiabytes for small clips. That's assuming the site it's hosted on can convert it to different sizes if need be. I think today's entry level computers can handle 1080P decently, but my guess is handling 4K raw is still not the norm for most people's computers?

The other factor would be licenses as one poster (the warden) said. My thought on this is..what if I requested some footage from a fellow member. Couldn't they put some sort of visual indicator at the start of the clip say, that guarantees it's genuine and not a copy of someone else? Like if I shot a 4K RAW footage of the redwoods, forest, etc.. and at the start of each clip I put my face or a clapper or something with verifiable information, wouldn't that be enough (along with perhaps a document of some sort if necessary)?

I'm moving my Free Stock Video Footage from Vimeo Channels https://vimeo.com/channels/freestockvideoclips to Vimeo Groups (https://vimeo.com/groups/freestockvideoclips). Groups appears to work better for individuals who are searching for specific clips, than does the Channels option.

Watch for new clips weekly.

Future clips Include:

Scenery
Marine Biology
Geology
Flora
Fauna
Marine Mammals
Grizzly/Brown Bears
Land Mammals
Weather
Commercial Fishing
Sport Fishing
Fly Fishing
Streams/Fish
Alaska Native Art/Subsistence
Tour/Tourism
Historic/Cultural Sites
Coast Guard
Float Planes & Small Aircraft

Enjoy,

David Rice
Sitka Alaska

David,

If you don't mind me asking, how do you capture your stock footage? Are you owning (or renting) a RED or something to record in high res RAW? Do you submit it as RAW if that is the case, or if not do you do any editing before submitting it? I am curious what the workflow is like to shoot and deliver stock footage. I thought of buying a RED (back when the Scarlet was going to be 3K in price) to shoot Red Raw for stock footage. Looks like I may be going the route of the 4K BM Cinema Camera to get stock footage now at 4K resolution. Anyway, I am just curious how others shoot stock footage, what their editing/deliver workflow is like?

Thank you.

Kevin,

The first footage I am uploading to give away, is from a Panasonic GH2- 1080 30p at 26-28 mbps. I edit in Sony Vegas Pro and render to a mp4 file at 28 mbps. Vimeo renders to a 720p file for better viewing. However, my original 1080p mp4 file is available on Vimeo for download.

I am not sure how I will deliver the clips taken with my old Canon A1. Some are 1440 and some are 1920.

I have owned many cameras over the past nine years. The cinematographer, not the camera, makes the shot. I have seen some of my past video clips on the Animal Channel, and Public TV, and those particular video clips were obtained with a $1,000 Canon HV40.

Dave

David,

Thanks for the reply. Very interesting. I actually thought stock footage (at least the kind you can charge for) had to be uncompressed or raw format so that the buyer could then do whatever they wanted to the clean video, then render it out to whatever format they want. In your case it is free, so take it or leave it really, it does look fantastic, but my original understanding of stock footage would be video in a clean editable format as opposed to a compressed format. Part of the reason I thought (think) that is my thirst for clean raw video footage to offer the ultimate clean video to work with. In my mind, if the video you get is already highly compressed like h264, avchd, etc, then rendering it again is a 2nd level of compression. I am being picky I suppose, because even 3 or 4 lvls of compression still look comparable to dvd i most cases.

Kevin, you are correct. Most clients prefer to receive footage in it's original format or a high quality format such as ProRes HQ. H.264 clips are highly compressed and good for final delivery but not for editing.

Wow

Raw 4k, Red, Canon C500, Sony ClineAlta, Arri Alexa, ProRes HQ. H.264, Apple Editing System, Final Cut Pro, great, wonderful. I agree, the best!

But how does a retired disabled person living on a small pension, and living in a 1970's Kit Trailer obtain such things?

No, I am not a professional, nor do I make myself out to be one.

Within a month or so, I will be uploading my Alaska Brown Bear footage to Free Stock Video Clips. No, I did not take the bear footage with a Red, EX3, or C300. Nor did I stand on a safe, and protected wooded platform at McNeil River, with all the other professionals. Nor did I film my Brown Bear close-ups at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, and call it wilderness filming.

I obtained my Alaska Brown Bear footage by stalking Alaska Brown Bears. Stalking the bears alone, unarmed, in a true wilderness setting with my unprofessional Canon A1. Near my home, our bears are wild, and they kill. Last fall a man was killed just north of my community. By the time he was found, all of the soft flesh tissue on his body, had been eaten.

No, I'm no professional.

David,

Wow.. that's crazy talk! You are a brave soul.

I don't disagree with you that what you shoot is fine. My only thought in 2013 with today's technology, would be that stock footage should be compression free, if possible uncompressed and/or RAW to allow maximum usage during editing.

That's not to say however, that your video isn't good enough, no doubt it is. Funnier though, is that while we're about to hit 4K TV (and already camera) euphoria, it wasn't that long ago that your footage would be higher quality than anything possible to play on. It's amazing how fast we've progressed (in many areas actually) such that a compressed yet great quality 1080P video isn't good enough in some cases.

Anyway, I am being picky.. partly because I am still learning how to shoot video and my video typically comes out like crap.. and when I re-render it again, the final result is just not impressive to me. I wish my HDMI out hadn't died on my T2i, so I could use my BM Shuttle 2 finally to record in DNxHD 220. I wonder if DNxHD 220 is good enough for some stock footage sites? Is it good enough for green screen even?