Keywording Tips
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Flood of royalty-free stock footage cheapening industry?
Stock footage has always been used in productions, be it in film, television or commercials. In the past, they were bought under the rights-managed license, complying the usage within extensive considerations. Or if there is a preference not to spend mone...
The Battle between Royalty-Free and Rights Managed
You are torn, battling between selling your stock footage under the rights managed license (RM) or the royalty-free license (RF). You know RM is the trusty reliable license you can count on as it has been around since the concept of stock footage first ev...
Beyond commercial uses – experimenting with stock footage
The prevalence of stock footage may have stemmed from its low cost, but they are not just used for commercial purposes. In the 1920s, Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov assembled stock footage fragments together, as an experiment to illustrate the importance ...
Five changes you should know about the stock footage industry
Stock footage are so commonly used we do not notice them. From news to commercials, films to television programmes, stock footage are used everywhere in the media. Since its usage in the early twentieth century, one primary force drives its prevalence ---...