stock footage

collocation in English

meaningsofstockandfootage

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stock
adjective
uk
/stɒk/us
/stɑːk/
(of an idea, expression, or action) usual or typical, and used or done so many times that it is no ...
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footage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfʊt.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈfʊt̬.ɪdʒ/
(a piece of) film especially one showing ...
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(Definition ofstockandfootagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstock footage

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When the media talk about transport safety, they almost invariably dig out thestockfootageof rail crashes.
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Some punk films intercutstockfootagewith news clips and amateur videos of concerts.
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In addition, most of thestockfootagewould be used for the most of the backdrops from the second episode onward.
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The film infuriated the military who had provided assistance in the form of militarystockfootage.
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It also featuredstockfootageof each year featured, summarising that year.
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Exotic locations are usually established by the use ofstockfootage.
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The oft-repeated alley takeoff in the real series wasstockfootageand was performed by a stuntman.
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However, using color resulted in a variety of production problems such as the lack of usablestockfootage.
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Other scenes werestockfootagecolorized and incorporated into the film.
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The producers had previously re-usedstockfootagefrom season one for the last seven seasons.
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Outtakes may also enterstockfootagelibraries and appear in future productions.
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The effect was accomplished withstockfootage, a sound stage and computer generated imagery.
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Stockfootagefrom feature films allowed the inclusion of seafaring scenes, which would have been too expensive to film on a serial budget.
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Interspersed between thestockfootageis video of the band performing the song in a darkened room.
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These were made with almost every imaginable technique from limited animation, to claymation and stop motion, to original live action andstockfootage.
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Filmed on a confined budget some of the fire sequences utilizedstockfootagefrom both existing movies and news footage.
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The film is almost entirely in black and white, presumably to better blend the documentarystockfootagethat is included in the film.
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It called the special effects obvious and decried the use ofstockfootage.
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This never fails to make the audience laugh (indicated bystockfootageof real 1940s comedy show audiences).
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Suppliers ofstockfootagemay be either rights-managed or royalty-free.
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