Getting the Most Out Of Your Stock Footage

Getting The Most Out Of Your Stock Footage Finding the right stock footage can be a tricky ordeal. You need something that will work well with your project, without getting too specific and without running into any legal issues. That's a tall order! Here are three great things you should keep an eye out for when you're looking for the perfect clip.

1. Quality If you're taking the time to edit a project, you want it to look nice. Using stock footage is a great, affordable way to fill out a video, but you want to make sure the quality of the footage reflects the quality of your project. Make sure to get high resolution, HD footage. Any footage that has been over compressed or manipulated will be really easy to spot in an otherwise flawless sequence.

2. Legality Not all stock footage websites are the same, so make sure you're getting your footage from a responsible source. Look for sites like Video Blocks that offer an all inclusive license agreement for everything on the site. If the site you use does not offer this type of license, make sure to read the fine print and know your exact limitations for use of the footage.

3. Relevance Don't use stock footage just as filler. Each clip should have a purpose, whether it be to establish location, emotion or some other element of storytelling. Before mindlessly adding a clip to your collection, make sure to ask yourself does this fit with the theme of my video? and what does this add to my project? If you can't come up with an answer, don't use it!

VideoBlocks.com is a great place to browse thousands of stock footage clips! Head on over to their website to check it out, or even download this free clip straight from the blog! Just click the button below to download your free stock footage clip.

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