Footage of the World

Footage of the World

Footage of the World is a Stock Video Footage company that houses High Definition, Standard Definition and Low Resolution video content. Footage of the World was founded in 2007 by Myles Lank, a videographer and website designer based in Hermosa Beach, California. The company's and industry's growth is based on the increased reliance on stock video to provide for broadcast and internal video purposes. [Jim Rutenberg, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DC1F3AF934A15752C1A9669C8B63&scp=7&sq=%22stock+video%22&st=nyt To Stay Afloat, Unlikely Ties In TV News "New York Times", November 27, 2000] ]

Product

Footage of the World is a location-based stock footage company that focuses on footage captured from international locations. The site is heavily weighted with content from China, which accounts for roughly 1/3 of its product base. Customers can purchase clips individually or as a collection of similarly themed clips. As of May 2008, individual clips are priced at $50, $30, and $10 for High Definition, Standard Definition, and Low Resolution clips. Collections are priced at a 35%-70% discount. 15% of net income goes to charity. [Footage of the World, [http://footageoftheworld.com/cause.php "The Cause", 2008] ]

All clips can be downloaded directly from the website using Apple's QuickTime Movie (.mov) format. High Definition clips are available in the MPEG-2 codec. Standard Definition clips are available in Photo-JPEG codec. Low Resolution clips are encoded using H.264 codec. [Footage of the World, [http://footageoftheworld.com/faq.php "Frequently Asked Questions", 2008] ]

Technology

Footage of the World indexes its clips 72 different ways and gives the users the ability to filter the result set based on the different indexes. It also uses keywords that can be used to search the clip library. The filter and keyword technologies can be used together.

The Footage of the World website uses Adobe Flash to present all videos. To generate its Thumbnails, it uses the command line tool ffmpeg. Each clip within the search results plays upon rollover.

The site uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Users can setup an account to view past orders, save their carts and purchase clips.

References

See also

*Stock footage

External links

* [http://footageoftheworld.com/ Footage of the World website]


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