Footage

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A movie camera

In filmmaking and video production, footage is raw, unedited material as originally filmed by a movie camera or recorded by a (often special) video camera, which typically must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work.

Footage may also refer to sequences used in film and

B roll
).

Since the term originates in film, footage is only used for recorded images, such as

digitized clips – on live television
, the signals from video cameras are instead called sources.

History

Assembling and Joining Room at the Lubin Company (1914)

The origin of the term "footage" comes from early

4-perf film format) in a foot of 35 mm film which roughly represented 1 second of screen time (frame rate) in some early silent films, made footage a natural unit of measure for film.[1]
The term then became used figuratively to describe moving image material of any kind.

Types of footage

Film footage

Sometimes film projects will also sell or trade footage, usually second unit material not used in the final cut. For example, the end of the non-director's cut version of Blade Runner used landscape views that were originally shot for The Shining before the script was modified after shooting had finished.[2][3]

Television footage

Footage can be processed in a video editing room.

television networks
, but good footage usually commands a high price. The actual sum depends on duration, age, size of intended audience, duration of licensing and other factors.

Amateur video footage

Amateur footage is the low-budget

September 11, 2001 attacks were reportedly sold for US$45,000.[4]

Stock footage

rights managed or royalty-free
. Many websites offer direct downloads of clips in various formats.

Footage brokers

A footage broker is an

agent who deals in footage by promoting it to footage purchasers or producers, while taking a profit in the sales transaction.[citation needed
]

See also

References

  1. ^ Engineers, Society of Motion Picture and Television (1917). Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
  2. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (11 December 2015). "Watch: U.S. Theatrical Ending To 'Blade Runner' That Features Footage From Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  3. ^ IMDb's Trivia page for Blade Runner. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  4. ^ Amateur video playing greater role. News day.com. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  5. ISBN 978-0690012040
    .

External links

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