have stock footage… now what to do?

[Anonymous]

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.

[birdcat]

Are you trying to sell it or use it yourself?

[Anonymous]

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

[Rob]

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.

[Aspyrider]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Coreece]

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 toinclude 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 isgetting 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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Jennifer O’Rourke]

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:

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<span style=”font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;”><span class=”115072917-07052009″>Rio Vista: http://www.riovista-media.com/index.php</span></span>

<span style=”font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;”><span class=”115072917-07052009″>Footage Bank: http://www.footagebank.com/suppliers.asp</span></span>

[Anonymous]

some info about the selling of stock footage –

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

shutterstock.com! … I thought I’d just chime in 🙂

[Anonymous]

Given the large size of stock footage, upload times and portfolio management can be quite heavy. iSyndicahelps 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.

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