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Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Darroch Greer
NAB Stock Update
HBO Archives has been digging ever deeper into its treasure trove of The March of Time footage, and it is transferring the pristine 35mm to HD on an on-demand basis. The company is looking at the non-newsreel productions to broaden the scope of its offerings. HBO also uncovered 28 episodes of a 1953 TV show on subjects such as atomic power; Las Vegas; Pakistan; and Bangkok, Thailand. Another series, from the mid-60s, covers the presidency, psychology, and the automobile. The company is currently cataloging the 26-part Crusade in the Pacific, a profile on Asia before, during, and after World War II.
As NAB approaches, Sony Pictures Stock Footage has just added its 100,000th clip to its collection, making it the largest online source of studio-produced stock and premium footage by far, according to the company. This includes establishing shots of London and Paris from The Da Vinci Code and aerials of the U.S. Military and the Moroccan coastline from Black Hawk Down. Sony is also acquiring a new collection of extreme surfing and windsurfing footage.
FootageBank HD has also jumped on the Red Digital Cinema Red One camera bandwagon by signing an agreement with the Digital Cinema Society (DCS) to create a Red Footage Collective. The company will represent footage shot by selected DCS members. Five percent of all revenue generated by the shooters will be donated to the DCS. FootageBank HD also signed aerial HD cinematography company Omniscience owned by Gary Kauffman of West Glacier, Mont. to shoot custom motion-stabilized HD of the North and Southwest United States.
In December, Bennett-Watt HD Productions was busy with a three-week shoot in India, and in January, the company spent several weeks shooting in China. In India, the company mostly shot in the desert province of Rajasthan, but the company also covered the Taj Mahal, Ranthambore National Park, Varanasi on the Ganges, and the rural communities of Jaipur and Jodhpur. In China, the company captured Beijing in the snow, the Great Wall of China, Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Shanghai, as well as the Li River covered in mist. Last month and this month, the company was shooting in Korea and Japan.
In February, Thought Equity Motion finally released its Storyline Collection, which includes some 1,000 scenarios. Thought Equity Motion has also added the Paramount Pictures collection to its online-distribution arm, which now covers 60 percent of the major studios' stock footage. Most significantly, the company has just released its Thought Equity 3.0 search engine that searches subjects through subsets and in context. The company's Screening Room feature allows you to drag and drop your clips into a sequence and add music from the company's license-free catalog. All of this fits Thought Equity Motion's M.O. to deliver customized content. Some assembly required.
Artbeats has completed an intensive eight-week shoot using the Vision Research Phantom HD high-speed camera. Knowing slow motion always sells well, Artbeats focused on shooting nature shots of water dripping and flowing, waterfalls, rain, butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, waves, whales, and birds. The company also captured slow-motion footage of milk, blood, smoke, fabric, fire, coins, dice, children, skateboarders, swimming, diving, and rodeos.
In February, Mammoth HD premiered its MHD/Red 4K Library of footage shot with the Red Digital Cinema Red One camera. Topics include lifestyle, family and kids, wildlife, nature, underwater and ocean life, locations, recreation, scenics, transportation, time lapse, sports, and weather. Mammoth has also added the first of a series of online demo reels of footage shot with the Red One.
