millimeter magazine presents the 2007 Stock Footage Resource Guide, brought to you by Reel-Exchange.com. This resource is intended to be a one-stop location for filmmakers and content creators to browse stock footage demos and gain information on the libraries that can help add dynamic shots to any project. Here are some of the companies you'll find in the Stock Footage Resource Guide:
Artbeats is world-renowned for an extensive library of royalty-free stock footage that encompasses thousands of high-quality clips in NTSC, PAL and High Definition. We're constantly adding new footage that will help you stay ahead in the fast-paced world of entertainment and marketing. Artbeats footage is available in QuickTime .mov files, and footage is available directly from the Artbeats website using the "download delivery" option. You can also download full collections by using the same procedure or choose to have the collections shipped to you on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM.
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BBC Motion Gallery offers media professionals in advertising, commercials, television, film, interactive, and corporate video production access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of high-quality motion imagery for licensing and royalty-free usage worldwide. With more than 500 million feet of film and 600,000 hours of video, BBC Motion Gallery encompasses a wealth of content covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts, and more, including acclaimed programming produced in conjunction with Discovery and PBS.
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Creatas Footage is your source for royalty-free stock footage from leading brands, including our own Bigshot, Thinkstock Footage, and Creatas Footage. Our extensive, expanding and always evolving online footage library offers you a diverse collection of footage clips, making your choice easy with thousands of idea-inspiring clips available for review and immediate download upon purchase.
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EcoFootage.com supplies high-quality, affordable, royalty-free video stock footage collections on environmental- and sustainability-related topics including the natural world, land use, smart growth, sprawl, urban development, city life, landscaping, urban forestry, water use, renewable energy, fossil energy, electricity generation, dams, conservation, transit, alternative vehicles, traffic congestion, roads and bridges, ships, planes, recycling, composting, landfills, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, ranching, forestry, air and water pollution, green building, and much more.
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FootageBank was founded in 2002 by industry icon Paula Lumbard as the first stock-footage company focusing on high-definition (HD) native content. Capitalizing on more than 20 years in the stock footage industry, Lumbard has made FootageBank into a major supplier of HD images nationally and internationally. The company continues to be the only footage house specializing in HD native content and is dedicated to shooting and aggregating collections of HD images to service the rapidly growing demand for HD content in television, feature films, advertising, websites, and corporate videos.
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Global ImageWorks specializes in licensing of footage shot by award-winning independent filmmakers, cinematographers, correspondents, and production companies. With 25 years of experience in stock footage and production, we aim to find the highest-quality “deep content” footage as well as outstanding “stock shots.” Our contemporary and historic footage (film, vide, and Hi-def) includes international destinations, global conflict, pop culture, lifestyles, music, extreme sports/thrills, nature, wildlife, aerials, time-lapse, 9/11, emergency rescue and response, extreme weather, and more.
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HBO Archives brings the magic of these award-winning programs to you. Our incomparable collection and the production out-takes are available for licensing in your projects. We are in the process of cataloging each and every shot. With more than a million source reels, not all material is searchable in our databases at this time. Additionally, new material is created daily. You can always phone or email our New York office and our team will conduct specialized research for your project. Our ace researchers will make suggestions, and if we don't have what you need, we may be able to direct you to another source. If you own some interesting material and are interested in selling or having HBO Archives represent your collection, we'd love to hear from you.
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High-definition stock footage is our game, and we have stunning clips from every state in the U.S., plus Argentina, chile, Ireland, and Spain. My partner and I have personally shot more than 1,000 hours of HD footage in every state of the U.S., Argentina, Chile, Ireland, and Spain, while producing our world-acclaimed and award-winning Discoveries... series of one-hour television programs. Our website, www.hdstockfootage.net, has viewable samples, and we're adding to it daily. Bennett-Watt HD Productions, Inc. has released more than 70 hours of high-definition television programming since 2000, when we bought the first high-definition Panasonic camera ever sold in the world.
View HDStockFootage.net's profile and reels
I have 15 years of experience in media creation. Starting as a news cameraman, I have worn many hats, including 3D animator/manager of the grahics dept at American Production Sevices in Seattle and Manager/Exec Producer of Video Productions at Lindblad Expeditions. Currently I operate a Sony Z1 package with Mobile and studio editing/effects using Grass Valley Edius 4 and Adobe software. I am used to shooting in extreme conditions from Antarctica to Africa and have produced content from a music video in India to 3D CGI fighters for the Boeing Corporation.
View Kelvin Hughes' profile and reels
Mammoth HD is a resource for original HD stock footage, 3D Animation, and Motion Graphics for broadcast, film, advertising, corporate, and educational videos. The MHD footage is being produced specifically for this library and is being acquired on state-of-the-art digital HD equipment at 1080i, 1080/24p, 720p, and, in special circumstances, HDV formats. MHD's footage is being produced by a world-class group of award-winning photographers, cinematographers, videographers, 3D animators, and motion graphic specialists from around the world. We have talent based in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, and will be adding new talent from around the world in the coming months.
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Ribbit Films is a greenscreen stock footage company, and the only company providing pre-keyed HD footage with alpha channels included. Whether you're designing for broadcast, 3D or the Web, use Ribbit Films clips to expand your project and impress the clients. Our clips feature dynamic sports action, dancers, business and lifestyle footage that can be easily and seamlessly integrated into any of your projects. Every clip is royalty-free and ready to be downloaded whenever you need them.
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The Sony Pictures Stock Footage Library offers advertising agencies and production companies unparalleled access to over 90,000 stock images originally filmed for SPE’s blockbusters as well as from some of the most beautifully filmed features and television programs ever made. From the high impact explosions filmed for movie franchises such as Spider-Man and Bad Boys, to breathtaking vistas shot for acclaimed films such as Memoirs of a Geisha and Seven Years in Tibet, to highly usable establishing shots from productions filmed around the globe, Sony Pictures is the entertainment industry's premiere provider of feature-quality HD and 35mm film content.
View Sony Pictures Stock Footage's profile and reels
Thought Equity Motion is the world's largest provider of online motion content. We have exclusive content partnerships with premier film and entertainment companies such as National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO Archives, the NCAA, Warren Miller Entertainment, and others. Production professionals can instantly purchase and download "Ready Now" footage in a variety of formats including motion jpeg and 10-bit uncompressed masters. Thought Equity Motion is the only company to make all uncompressed 10-bit masters available online.
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The WPA Film Library holds one of the world's largest archives of high-quality stock footage. Highlights include exquisite landscapes and wildlife shot on 70mm film; beauty shots (available in HD) from Asia to America to the Arctic; the British Pathe Newsreel Library, chronicling almost 75 years of history on film; WETA's extensive government hearings such as Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the Church Committee; vintage Americana, home movies, commercials and educational films; and thousands of classic music performances, including pop/rock, country/western, R&B, soul, big band and gospel—with greats like Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Janis Joplin, Loretta Lynn, and Earth Wind & Fire, to name just a few.
View WPA Film Library's profile and reels.
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