have stock footage... now what to do? « Videomaker Community Forums

nmajmani92
Member

Okay, so I recently came back from a trip in Italy with about 50 minutes of random stock footage of various locations. The question I have is now where and how to proceed with this newly acquired footage.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 2 years ago #
birdcat
Moderator

Are you trying to sell it or use it yourself?

Bruce Paul
7Squared Productions
http://www.7squared.com

Posted 2 years ago #
nmajmani92
Member

I am attempting to find a market to sell the footage.

Posted 2 years ago #
robGRAUERT
Member

Well what format is it shot in? Hopefully 1080p HD from a higher end camera. That will give you the best chance making money from it.

Rob Grauert, Jr
http://www.robgrauert.com
http://command-r.tumblr.com

Posted 2 years ago #
Aspyrider
Member

Visit http://www.phoenixclips.com, you can sell it there!

Posted 2 years ago #
nmajmani92
Member

robgrauert, yes it is filmed in 1080p HD at 30 fps. I used my camera's highest quality setting, at 24 mbps. It ranges from things like shots at the Vatican, Colleseum, on the road, and on the plane ride. Unfortunately, I had no tripod with me at most locations, so the footage wobbles a tad bit, but nothing that is extremely noticeable.

Aspyrider, I took a look at the site, but I could not figure out how to use it to actually sell my media. Could you perhaps give some more advice on using the site.

Posted 2 years ago #
Coreece
Member

Perhaps for now you'd be more comfortable distributing the footage through places like istockphoto.com, fotolia.com, pond5.com.

These places will give you large exposure and access to include a nice portfolio.

The main disadvantgae(if you can call it that) is that commissions run anywhere from 20%-40% depending on the media(stil,DV,HD) and quality(size). If you have an exclusive agreement with them(only you or they can sell your work) you can get 60%-75% commission....(that's more like it.)

I stock photo may require a little more to get started, but they are already up and running and can serve as a platform to distribute your work and also gain exposure:

http://www.istockphoto.com/faq.php#faq113

Fotolia is getting ready to distribute video and is currently accepting footage:

http://us.fotolia.com/partner/149284

Pond5 seems cool too:

http://www.pond5.com/document/selling.html

Posted 2 years ago #
Clipcanvas
Member

Hi Nmajmani92

I bit late perhaps, but I hope you will read it.

I represent a company called Clipcanvas. Clipcanvas is an independent HD
Stock Footage Marketplace based in Norway, where professional photographers, niche archives and professional production companies can upload and sell their work. We strive to maintain a database of excellently shot high quality stock footage.

We offer non-exclusivity, 60% proceed from sales, free watermarked previews
for download and test editing and access to our keyword and navigation based stock footage search engine.

If you wish to join our professional submitter team and start selling,
simply register at http://www.clipcanvas.com, navigate to 'Your Account' and
upgrade your membership to Submitter Status, using the promotion code:
freeupgrade. In this way you will not be required to pay the usual Submitter
Fee of 89 EUR.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us,
or visit http://www.clipcanvas.com.

Kind regards

Audun Hopland

Co founder Clipcanvas

Posted 2 years ago #
digitalhq
Member

Who sets the stock footage price? Videographer or Stock Footage Company?

http://www.digitalvideohq.com

Posted 2 years ago #
Clipcanvas
Member

Hi Digital Video HQ,

At our service, the videographer set the price in the interval 50-500Euro. Please contact me at ah@clipcanvas.com, if you want to know more. Embedded in the previous message was a promocode. I will repeat it here:

If you wish to join our professional submitter team and start selling,
simply register at http://www.clipcanvas.com, navigate to 'Your Account' and
upgrade your membership to Submitter Status, using the promotion code:
freeupgrade. In this way you will not be required to pay the usual Submitter
Fee of 89 EUR.

Kind regards

Audun Hopland

Co founder Clipcanvas

Posted 2 years ago #
Jennifer O'Rourke
Staff

Videomaker just finished a Tips & Tricks segment on this topic: http://www.videomaker.com/vidcast/157/ We highlighted three companies: iStock, shutterstock, and liscencestream, but a few others to look into, besides what the guys above mentioned are:



Rio Vista: http://www.riovista-media.com/index.php

Footage Bank: http://www.footagebank.com/suppliers.asp

Managing Editor
jorourke@videomaker.com
VM Customer Support: 1-800-284-3226

Posted 2 years ago #
mevangelist
Member

some info about the selling of stock footage -

http://www.motionelements.com/blog/articles/469

Mevangelist is a member of The MotionElements Team.
MotionElements http://www.motionelements.com is an online marketplace offering instantly downloadable royalty-free stock video footage and animations.

Posted 2 years ago #
nmajmani92
Member

I suppose my response and thanks may be a bit belated, however, videochick, I did indeed see the tips and tricks segment, and it did indeed help me find a market. Thanks again to the advice though.

Posted 2 years ago #
NathanBlair
Member

shutterstock.com! ... I thought I'd just chime in :)

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Nathan D. Blair
Video/Film Production Services

Posted 2 years ago #
Hangel
Member

Given the large size of stock footage, upload times and portfolio management can be quite heavy. iSyndica helps by letting ursers upload their content once and from there you can distribute it to other sites like Pond5, fotolia or Revostock. We're still building the platform but there's great value in having videos stored online and distributed in seconds once they are uploaded.

Syndica, Upload Once - Sell Everywhere
http://www.isyndica.com

Posted 2 years ago #