| In my experience using stock footage clips is helpful in | | | | "somewhere in Istanbul," to use videos as backgrounds |
| many ways. First of all, it serves to cut your production | | | | for screens on events, to create videos for the web, |
| time simply because it is so much quicker to get hold | | | | to fill gaps in your video where you need a breather - |
| of some decent royalty free video clips and use these, | | | | like using a time-lapse of clouds drifting by to create |
| than making them yourself. Secondly, it serves to | | | | the effect of time passing, or to be able to present |
| reduce your carbon footprint, which is probably not on | | | | actions, content and locations without having to make |
| your mind every day, but still a rather good excuse to | | | | all the preparations and shots yourself. |
| use stock videos. Thirdly, it is helpful because you can | | | | Some videographers videos rely solely on buying video |
| usually download stock video previews and do the | | | | footage to make their productions, simply adding |
| test editing before you decide to make the purchase - | | | | graphics and sound, while others rely on stock shots |
| which is good both for the creative process and the | | | | for a specific section. Documentaries and TV-series |
| story-boarding, as well as for communicating with your | | | | often rely on the use of stock video, while film |
| client. And finally, it is a lot, lot cheaper to buy stock | | | | productions to a lesser extent use stock footage. In |
| videos for certain segments of your production rather | | | | any case, using stock videos makes good sense, and |
| than shooting everything yourself. | | | | its use will be even more widespread in the years to |
| In many cases you have to use stock footage, such | | | | come. |
| as when you need historical content or highly unique | | | | If you are unfamiliar with the use of stock footage, you |
| shots that are 'one of a kind' (like the moon landing, the | | | | should definitely give it a go. You could sign up with a |
| Kennedy assassination or specific natural disasters), or | | | | service offering HD stock video clips and download a |
| you could have someone animate it, but it would | | | | preview video to do a test edit - this way you get a |
| probably not look good in many cases. Apart from | | | | good feel of the opportunities that are out there, and |
| using stock footage for historical or unique flair, good | | | | you can familiarize yourself with the process. Also, by |
| uses of stock video clips include use for commercials | | | | using stock footage you not only save time and |
| on TV, information videos, for making transitions from | | | | money, you also help save the environment, so use |
| one scene to another - like using an opening stock | | | | stock footage to make videos. |
| video shot of Istanbul to place the current scene | | | | |