| Vocabulary: | lcgft |
| Type: | form/genre |
| Status: | approved heading [active] |
| Date Created: | 2011-05-09 00:00:00 |
| Date Modified: | 2012-05-02 09:31:29 |
Stock footage
Alternate Terms
Found footage (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Library film
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Library shots (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Motion picture stock materials
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Stock materials (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Stock shots (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Stockshot (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Broader Concepts
Related Concepts
Scope Notes
- This heading is used as a genre/form heading for pre-recorded footage used or collected and organized to be used in the production of films, television programs, and video recordings.
Sources
- Footage, c1997: p. A-3 (According to current industry practice, "stock footage" refers to any piece of film or video photographed by an outside source that is licensed to a producer or director for use in a separate, secondary production. This includes contemporary life-style material, news events, and historical images.)
- Konigsberg, I. The complete film dict., 1997: p. 155 (found footage: Any film scene that is used in [a] motion picture but has been shot for some other film or for some other purpose.) p. 213 (library shot: A shot or scene already available on film (e.g. stock footage of a parade of soldiers)) p. 392 (stock shot, stock footage: Standard shots of actions events, or settings previously photographed for newsreels, documentaries, or even for feature films and presently stored in a stock footage library or laboratory from which they can be purcheased or rented, frequently by the foot, for insertion in a present film for example, footage of a militery parade or hurricane. Such shots are employed to save on production costs. See found footage and library shot.)
- World directory of stockshot and film production libraries, 1969: intro. (By stock material is meant all those filmed materials divorced from their original use and gathered together in a film production library and broken down for possible inclusion in later complete productions) foreword (motion picture stock materials) p. 65 (stock footage) p. 66 (library film)
- Yee, M. Moving image materials : genre terms, 1988 (unedited footage: NT Outtakes, Rushes, Stock shots)
