http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/ en Description Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:29:32 +0100 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 Story of the first satellite praised Sputnik Mania, a film by David Hoffman, has won this year??s Independent Documentary Association's ABCNEWS VideoSource-sponsored Award for Best Use of News Footage in a Documentary. Sputnik Mania tells the story of the Soviet Union??s launch of the world's first satellite and what happened to America in the following year. An ABC press release says Hoffman pored through thousands of hours of archival footage to create the film. Because of the "sometimes-superficial nature of newsreel coverage" from that period, he was initially skeptical that the footage itself would be a central component of his film. Employing "bulldog-like instincts," Hoffman and his three-person team, including producer Eric Reid and editor John Vincent Barrett, cast a wide net in their archival research, relying on YouTube, Ebay and other innovative channels to locate and obtain previously lost and never-before-seen footage from the 1950s. As the research process evolved, Hoffman realized that not only could he "tell the story largely using footage from the time," but also that what he was seeing in the footage itself would take the film in new directions. ABCNEWS VideoSource, in partnership with the IDA, has presented this award annually since 1997 to a film or video that best uses news footage as an integral component of the work. Sputnik Mania will be honored at the IDA Awards Gala, which will take place on December 7, 2007 in Los Angeles.Web sites: www.documentary.org and www.abcnewsvsource.comStory: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1432 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5199.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 European South American reps added Thought Equity Motion has what it calls a new "Premier Partner Program" allowing footage representation through internationally located footage houses. Announced partners are TIPS Images Film in Italy, Central Order in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Latin Stock in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Thought Equity commenced its international presence build-up with the acquisition in August of the Australian company Film World, which now provides access to the Thought Equity collection throughout Asia and the Pacific. It also has offices in Tokyo in addition to its offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Denver. Web: www.thoughtequity.comEmail: sales@thoughtequity.comStory: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1431 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5198.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 New flow of wholly-owned news footage CNN has formally unveiled its previously announced expansion of worldwide newsgathering services which will be the catalyst for a increase in flow of wholly-owned news material into its library CNN ImageSource which serves the commercial footage client sector. The company is investing to boost its bureaux in Beijing, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Pakistan and Tokyo and entirely new operations are planned in Afghanistan, Belgium, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland and Vietnam, with a new regional production hub in the United Arab Emirates. Strong tv station-owned international newsgathering networks in the 1970s and 80s were the foundation of many of the great tv news collections. In recent years tv news execs relied more and more on agency supplied footage, and less on material from their own cameras, but in August CNN announced it was dropping Reuters as a supplier of worldwide tv coverage. CNN says now that wholly-owned content is "the backbone of this business" and powers the development of new business models. Web: www.cnnimnagesource.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1430 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5197.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 Pay-for-use multimedia newsroom ITN Source has joined MarketPlace, a new online global video exchange for content providers to sell broadcast-quality footage which is described as a "pay-for-use multimedia newsroom". The initiative comes from The NewsMarket, whose existing portal provides a platform for access to free motion content from corporations, government entities and nonprofit organizations and is aimed as a supply route to the media, consumers and other key audiences globally. The new portal, which is password protected, connects buyers and sellers of news and other licensed video content, providing what it calls "an easily accessible and central online resource for customers seeking pay-for-use broadcast-quality footage". The NewsMarket says it is providing the technical infrastructure and management of its MarketPlace, brokering individual video transactions where prices are negotiated depending on usage. Web: www.itnsource.com Email: info@itnsource.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1429 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5196.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 Tim Graham to continue adding new material Getty Images has acquired one of the world's premier collections of photographic imagery depicting the British royal family over the last 30 years, taken by widely respected royal photographer Tim Graham. The unique collection, which spans four generations of the royal family, contains over 200,000 images. It will be housed at Getty Images?? Hulton Archive in London. Tim Graham will be signed to Getty Images as a consultant and contributing photographer and will continue to cover the royals. His new work will be added to the collection. Web: www.gettyimages.com Email: info@gettyimages.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1428 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5195.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 Hundreds of tv shows in collection Chicago footage house WPA has authored a special section of its web portal dedicated to legendary performer Porter Wagoner whose death has just been announced. WPA, which has a specialist music holding, has hundreds of episodes of the long-running US tv program The Porter Wagoner Show among its collections. WPA says Wagoner is remembered as an ambassador for country music, for making many hits, and for popularizing a young Dolly Parton. Show guests include Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, June Carter, Minnie Pearl, The Oak Ridge Boys, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams, Jr. Web: www.wpafilmlibrary.comEmail: sales@wpafilmlibrary.comStory: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1427 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5194.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 Preview reel now available RF high definition specialist Mammoth HD is approaching launch of its collection of footage based on material shot on new digital cinematography cameras called the Red One, developed by California company Red Digital Cinema Camera Company . The Mammoth HD RED team has been in production shooting the 4K library material with the ability to deliver in several format resolutions from 4K to 2K, HD 1080, HD 720, Standard Def and Vertical HD - covering the markets from Feature Film, Indie Films, Broadcast, Corporate Marketing, Advertising and Digital Signage and Display. Initial shoots have covered underwater shooting, wildlife, sports and scenics. A preview reel has been shot by Steve Gibby, Ken Corben, Steve Tammi and Clark Dunbar. The Mammoth HD says its RED Library and Store will open in Mid-December with 4K and 2K Originals with delivery options for HD formats. More MHD Red team contributors will be coming on board as their RED Cameras are delivered. Web: www.mammothhd.com >Email: info@mammothhd.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1425 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5193.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:43:02 +0000 New Honda ads feature projected imagery BBC Motion Gallery says it licensed multiple clips to advertising agency RPA for use in the current US Honda Accord campaign. The campaign comprises broadcast, print, interactive, theatrical and outdoor components, and features footage from BBC Motion Gallery in two of the thirty-second television ads, titled "Power" and "Green". The commercials feature motion material of the new model passing through urban landscapes with BBC imagery projected onto buildings as it drives by. Shots include a high-speed train, race car and flock of flamingoes licensed via BBC Motion Gallery.Web: www.bbcmotiongallery.com Email: motiongallery.la@bbc.co.ukStory: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1426 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5191.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:43:02 +0000 Preview reel now available RF high definition specialist Mammoth HD is approaching launch of its collection of footage based on material shot on new digital cinematography cameras called the Red One, developed by California company Red Digital Cinema Camera Company . The Mammoth HD RED team has been in production shooting the 4K library material with the ability to deliver in several format resolutions from 4K to 2K, HD 1080, HD 720, Standard Def and Vertical HD - covering the markets from Feature Film, Indie Films, Broadcast, Corporate Marketing, Advertising and Digital Signage and Display. Initial shoots have covered underwater shooting, wildlife, sports and scenics. A preview reel has been shot by Steve Gibby, Ken Corben, Steve Tammi and Clark Dunbar. The Mammoth HD says its RED Library and Store will open in Mid-December with 4K and 2K Originals with delivery options for HD formats. More MHD Red team contributors will be coming on board as their RED Cameras are delivered. Web: www.mammothhd.com >Email: info@mammothhd.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1425 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5190.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:43:02 +0000 Continues policy of giving motion cameras to still photographers In conversations with analysts since its quarterly results were published, Getty Images says "footage will become a much bigger business for us in the future." Getty says editorial footage is simply an extension of the product that it has in editorial still photography. Many Getty photographers have been given video cameras and the Company will continue that policy "so they can capture moving imagery, whether it is celebrities walking the red carpet or something more serious from war zones around the world." Getty says revenues from footage have "not been a great year" but point to it being a transition year for its footage business. It expects double-digit growth in 2008 and beyond. Web: www.gettyimages.com Email: info@gettyimages.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1424 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5189.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:43:02 +0000 Mammoth HD - RED 'Sneak Peek' Preview Reel Mammoth HD - RED Spoken HereMammoth HD launches the MHD/RED Gallery with an online 'Sneak Peek' preview reel and updated Gallery Pages featuring Frame Grabs from our RED production footage.www.mammothhd.com/MHD_RED1.htmlNow that RED Digital Cinema has started the delivery of the REDOne camera, the Mammoth HD RED team has been in production - shooting the 4K material for Mammoth HD RED Library. Shooting on RED at 4K offers the ability to delivery in several format resolutions from 4K to 2K, HD 1080, HD 720, Standard Def and Vertical HD - covering the markets from Feature Film, Indie Films, Broadcast, Corporate Marketing, Advertising and Digital Signage and Display.The Mammoth HD RED team covers the bases for style and expertise. Our initial shoots have covered Underwater shooting, Wildlife, Sports, Scenics and more..... The Mammoth HD/RED 'Sneak Peek' Preview Reel was shot by Steve Gibby, Ken Corben, Steve Tammi and Clark Dunbar... more of the MHD Red team contributors will be coming on board as their RED Cameras are delivered.The Mammoth HD/RED Library and Store will open in Mid-December with 4K and 2K Originals with delivery options for HD formats available. For more information - please visit the Mammoth HD web site or contact us by phone or email. http://stockfootageonline.com/industry_news.cfm/ID/1423 http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5188.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:18:00 +0000 Eight programmes line up for December awards ABC News Videosource, the news and stock footage licensing arm of ABCNews, has announced the nominees for this year??s IDA/ABCNews Award for best use of news footage in a documentary. ABCNews Videosource, in partnership with the International Documentary Association, has presented the award for best use of news footage in a documentary annually since 1997 to a film or video that best uses news footage as an integral component of the work. The nominations are: American/Sandinista by director-producer Jason Blalock of the University of California; Half-Life: A Journey to Chernobyl by director-producer Phil Grabsky and co-director David Bickerstaff, Seventh Art Productions; My Kid Could Paint That by director-producer Amir Bar-Lev and executive producer John Battsek, Axis Films, Passion Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, A Indiefilms; Nanking by co-directors Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman and producers Ted Leonsis and Michael Jacobs , Agape Multimedia Partners, LLC; Thinkfilm, HBO; Rapsodia do Absurdo by director-executive producer Cl?udia Nunes; Sputnik Mania by director David Hoffman, producer Eric Reid and executive producer Jay Walker, Varied Directions International; Steal a Pencil for Me by director-producer Michele Ohayon and producer Theo van de Sande, Diamond Lane Films Inc., Red Envelope Entertainment; and White Light - Black Rain by director/producer Steven Okazaki, Farallon Film, HBO Documentary Films, and HBO. This year??s winner will be honored at the IDA awards gala, which will take place on December 7 in Los Angeles. Fuller details: www.footage.info/forum Web: www.abcnewsvsource.comDetails: www.footage.info/forum Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5186.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:18:00 +0000 Among other new collections Historic Films of New York has a deal to represent the 1960s collection of San Francisco experimental filmmaker Ben van Meter, the first film artist whose work conveyed the psychedelic experience. Van Meter covered the pre-summer of love San Francisco music and hippie scene filming such happenings as the first "trips festival" in 1965, and legendary promoter Bill Graham's first ever concert at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium in the same year. Other new Historic offerings include 1976 color concert footage of Iggy Pop, Patty Smith, Bruce Springsteen and others, filmed in 8mm by a fan sitting in the Orchestra Center audience. In association with the Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis, Tennessee, Historic is newly representing the work of Revenend l.O. Taylor whose collection of 1936-54 southern African American lifestyles. Talyor's footage covered all aspects of the southern African-American experience in well-shot 16mm Kodachrome color and black and white film. He filmed an annual record of the regional National Baptist conventions from 1936-54 as well as creating films on such topics as black businesses in Memphis, black social clubs and fraternal organizations, black high schools, black trade schools, and black municipal institutions. Web: www.historicfilms.com Email: info@historicfilms.com Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5182.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:18:00 +0000 Global Search gets a facelift Industry portal FOOTAGE.net says it will be up-dating its systems and site next week to include modifications to its widely used global search facility where it offers a single entry point for researchers to interrogate data from more than 20 leading footage houses. The new system will for the first time enable motion clip access and review, and a tidied text process. Web: www.footage.net Email: info@footage.net Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5181.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:18:00 +0000 Stock Footage Saves the Day and Schedule In spite of all the best planning and scheduling, producers will occasionally find themselves up against an immovable deadline, frantically scrambling for those last few stock clips needed to complete a project.Recently Kate Raisz, a producer with Moore Huntley Productions in Sudbury, Massachusetts, found herself in such a spot while making a show for the National Geographic Channel on Alaska. The program dealt with Alaska's geology and weather, and how extremes in the Great North affect other places around the world. They had great footage from Alaska, but were coming up short on "the rest of the world"; things like geyser activity in Yellowstone Park, for instance.The obvious answer was stock, but how to find suitable (and terrific) HD video on such short notice? It was already Wednesday night and the show had to be shipped in less than a week.Luckily, Kate discovered Mammoth HD in Evergreen, Colorado. She gave them a very specific list at 7:25 pm on Wednesday night. The rest went something like this:On Thursday Mammoth sent a series of links of online previews and 'online screeners" for review. By Friday - the initial selections had been made and media was FedEx'd for Saturday delivery... on Saturday evening additional shots were requested and FTP'd Sunday.... on Monday AM there were a few more clip requests which were FTP'd Monday night.Mammoth HD's president, Clark Dunbar, added a whole new chapter to the book called "service". Based upon his intimate knowledge of Mammoth's files, he personally selected great clips to meet the needs, working around the clock and even weekends as the program came together.With the deadline closing in, even overnight delivery was too slow and Clark FTP'd the final clips, even as the MooreHuntley crew was pulling an all-nighter coming down to the wire.In the video production world, this is almost unheard of. With a lot of companies, if you don't conveniently fit into their 9 to 5 schedule, you're just out of luck. Mammoth HD actually became a de facto member of the production team almost from the moment they were contacted. Their commitment matched that of the production team in a way that was never expected.?Result - Moore Huntley delivered the project on-time and on budget.-------For more information on the collections and the Mammoth HD Hi Definition Footage Library, and to see the previews of all the Mammoth HD collections and clips, please visit the Mammoth HD website at http://www.mammothhd.com http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5178.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:18:00 +0000 National and regional archives in the frame The UK Film Heritage Group, a consortium of archive and UK screen organisations led by the British Film Institute, has been awarded a capital investment of ?25 million ($50m) by the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It will fund activities driven by a national archive strategy in the UK that embraces regional archives as well as the national collections. The move follows three plus years of work by the consortium demonstrating the public value of archive film and convincing Government that the UK's film collections need greater investment. The BFI says "it is probably the biggest ever single investment" in the National Archive and represents "a huge vote of confidence by the UK Government". The money will contribute towards stabilizing the national collection and building a digital infrastructure to make content available from archival collections across the UK. Web: www.bfi.org.uk Story: FOOTAGE.info NEWS SERVICE http://demo.big-easy-footage-library-software.co.uk/news/detail/rss5183.html