10 Websites with Free Stock Video Footage

filmFree royalty free stock footage is hard to find but we have compiled a list of some of the better sites that are offering a selection of video clips available for download and use in personal and commercial projects.
This is a list of 10 websites that offer lots of free royalty free video footage. We try to keep the registration sites and upsellers to minimum. We will keep updating as we find more.
If you have a free stock video footage site please post a comment and I will review it and add it to the main article. You can use free royalty free stock footage in your personal and commercial projects. You can often download it in NTSC and PAL formats which is basically covers the US (NTSC) and the rest of the world (PAL). Many of the videos loops and are meant to used in the background of elements you already have created such as text and titles or green screen elements.

1. Partners In Rhyme Free Video Loops
www.partnersinrhyme.com/free_video_loops.shtml
There is a free video HD video loop to be downloaded on every page. More being added all the time and soon we will have a main page with all videos listed..

2. StockFootageForFree.com www.stockfootageforfree.com
There are absolutely no fees to download as much royalty stock footage as you would like. These are footages that span the world. All you do is to create a free account and you get to log in and download unlimited amounts of quality footage or clips that you are interested in.
PLEASE NOTE: you do have to create an account to download these files. I have created an account and it is as it says, free downloads of lots of stock footage.

3. MovieTools.info
This is a great source for free stock footage in NTSC and PAL formats with 77 motion background loops, 12 lower thirds and 4 motion objects for you to download and use in your projects.
Chrstian Video Loops
Countdown Video Loops
Energy Video Loops
Flag Video Loops
Hightech Video Loops
Holiday Video Loops
Misc Video Loops
News and Studio Video Loops
Sports Video Loops

4. BottledVideo.com
www.botledvideo.com
A huge archive of free video footage, no gimmicks, no sales, just download and use the video clips.

5. Digital Hotcakes
www.animationsforvideo.com/html/free_3d_animation.htm
When you sign up Digital Hotcakes at they will give away a free loop each month.

6. Pond5
www.pond5.com/Free-Stock-Footage
Download a free HD video clip every week from Pond5.com. Choose a format, add it to your cart and checkout to receive the free clip.

7. MotionElements
www.motionelements.com/stock-footage?p=-1
Motion Elements has an extensive free section of nearly 180 high quality background video clips.

8. Vidsplay.com
www.vidsplay.com/
A great site with lots of free stock video footage for you to download. No registration and no upsell..

9. GiveMeFreeart.com
www.givemefreeart.com/
A small selection of video clips free to download without registration or upselling..

10. FootageCrate.com
www.footagecrate.com/
Lots of great video footage in many genres, Free to download and use, no registration..

40 New Royalty Free Music Collections From PIR

We’ve just finished publishing 40 new royalty free music collections available for download on the Partners In Rhyme website (they will also be available for shipping within a week or two).
I am just sending out a list of titles and links so you can listen to them at your leisure. It took me two months to prepare and publish these 40 new collections.
I really hope you enjoy listening to them… …I’m going to take a nap now.
Regards,
Mark Lewis
Partners In Rhyme

Horror & Suspense Rock Guitar Children / Fun
Classic Horror Melodic Rock Vol 2 Kid’s Music Vol 1
Horror Classic Rock Kid’s Music Vol 1
Modern Horror Epic Rock Happy Silly Fun
Horror and Suspense Guitar God Acoustic Happiness
Piano Music New Age Guitar Travel / Documentary
Emotional Piano Vol 2 Earth Music Vol 1 India Music
Piano Music Earth Music Vol 2 The Beauty of India Vol 1
Classical Piano Acoustic Landscapes The Beauty of India Vol 2
Ambient Piano France and Europe
Variety Gypsy and Balkan
Film Soundtrack Sound-A-Like Variety Fiddle Music
Orchestra Vol 2 Corporate Music Latin Music Vol 2
Americana Vol 2 Groove Salad Vol 7
Film Music Jazzy Blues Vol 2
Trailer Music Easy Listening
Spy Music Vol 2 Light Industrial

Free Online and Offline Audio File Conversion

At Partners In Rhyme we deliver all of the audio our customers order in WAV format. Some of our customers need their audio in MP3 format and we help them with instructions on how to easily convert their audio to any format they need using free iTunes software.
For those of your who do not want to download software to convert your audio there is a new free online audio conversion site just for you called Media.io
http://media.io/

To convert using iTunes follow the instructions below:

Converting to MP3 is very easy. If you don’t already have it download the free app iTunes (Mac or PC) here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Load all of the sounds into iTunes (simply drag and drop in most operating systems) then choose iTunes > Preferences
Click on the ‘General’ tab, then click on the ‘Import Settings’ button and choose ‘MP3 Encoder’.
You can also choose the quality setting you want or choose ‘custom’ if you have a specific setting in mind.
Click OK. Then go back to the library, select all of your tracks that you want to convert, then choose Advanced > Create MP3 Version.
Once that is done you will have an MP3 version of the track in your iTunes music folder.

Interview with Sound Designer for Red Dead Redemption

Read Dead Redemption is one of my favorite PS3 games, not only for the game play but for the beautiful environments, musical soundtrack and flawless sound design.
I am posting a link to an in depth interview the audio director of Red Dead Redemption.

The interview is by Miguel Isaza for designingsound.org

When I saw the first images of Red Dead Redemption I knew that it will be a beautiful and amazing game. Then, the gameplay confirmed me that not only the visuals were great. The sound work there was fantastic. Clean mix, great sounds, and a perfect sonic experience for any player. So, if like me, you wanted to know more about the sound direction of the game, here is an interview with its audio director Jeffrey Whitcher.

Interview with Music Supervisor Greg Debonne

Arron, the owner at PlayItLoudMusic.com has kindly given me permission reprint his interview with Music Supervisor Greg Debonne here in its entirety.

Interview with Gregory Debonne

Greg’s credentials can be found on numerous reality shows with networks including MTV, VH1, The Discovery Channel, SPIKE, A&E, Lifetime, BRAVO, to a name a few. As a music supervisor with experience as a composer/arranger in conjunction with session work on production music cues, Debonne also is a well integrated member of the Los Angeles music community. To top it off he has perfect pitch!

We want to thank Greg again for taking the time to answer our questions on a Sunday night.

There is a lot of great insight here!

What got you into Music Supervision?

I’ve been involved in music all my life. Prior to music supervision, I was an associate producer of reality television shows. An AP job on reality television shows has morphed, but back in the day -in the early 2000s- you actually had some reality shows on MTV and VH1 that were music oriented whereby as the AP, I was also kind of the music coordinator as well. I had to handle all of the clearance for that as well, the liaison between the production

and clearance. On shows where there was a music super, I would assist that music super because I knew the MTV and VH1 systems of doing things so well. It was a natural segway for me to go into music supervision.

How has it changed the way you listen to music?

I’ve always listened to music from an arrangemental and orchestral standpoint, but now I listen to music relative to what’s going to work well to picture in that regard as well. I’m listening to the phrasing of every instrumental element individually, as well as combined, assessing just how easy it is for a music editor to cut that piece of music to picture underneath dialogue, assessing its compositional value and the dynamic ebb and flow in that regard, as well as other aesthetic nuances.

How can artists find out about new projects and their related music supervisors?

Different artists have different ways of going about it. But I know people who literally get online and find out who is the music supervisor of what shows. People look up shows that I’ve done. “Oh, who’s the music supervisor on that? Oh, Greg Debonne. Well then, I’m going to google Greg Debonne.” So, there’s that approach.

There’s also the approach of where you simply know of the music super’s name and you contact them and say “Hi, are you’re looking for music?” That music supervisor will get back to you and either say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ It always helps for an artist to know what that music supervisor is looking for stylistically. Now, there are some music supervisors who only want what they’re looking for at the time, pertinent to whatever project they’re working. Me, I won’t turn anyone away if it’s good and potentially viable for future use. However, if it’s not applicable to whatever project I’m working at the time, I may not get to it right away.

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