Materials in film production refers to any artifacts used in the production itself. This includes archive footage you have created as well as footage that has been archived. For example, sound clips for everyday sounds.
Self-generated materials
- This means that anything you have created for the production this can include your own sound and video creations.
- The impact of constructing props in-house for the production compant is that it costs money to make them. This is effective because you can save time and money by exporting it from a prop house.
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Archive Material
- This is old footage used in previous film productions. This is often used by documentary makers so they can use real footage and it is therefore authentic.
- An example is the recent archive footage film Senna, this uses footage from the time leading up to his death.
Examples:
- Paranormal Activity: the footage was used to scare people this was really effective because it made the audience believe that the haunting was real.
Library Materials
- This refers to material stored in libraries which is either sound or video effects.
- Sound Library: When the film is finished then sound will be stored in a library to use for a later production or can be sold to other productions. A large production company has a huge library that has been built up for many years and the sounds can be reused or tweaked.
- Video Library: Production companies will also have a library full of video materials, which are referred to as 'action essentials'.
- The BBC sound library is a massive sound library with all the sounds that the BBC use. There are also many bundles in which to buy. For example, you can get the complete set which costs £99 where as, on the other hand you can get smaller bundles like transport which cost £4.95.
Internet
- This is one of the newest ways to get sounds and video effects for your production. For example, you can use freesound. This is a website that offers you sound for your production for free. I could use this site to build my own library because it is free and I could use the same sound for years to come.
Property Rights and Copyrights
- The most important thing to remember when using material is to assure that you have the wriiten consent. Otherwise, they might get sued.
- If you ask for permission to use someones material then you need to pay for it. A great amount of time is spent refining so that the investment has been used properly.
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