Article D5: Stock Video Footage, and how Designers can use it

For up and coming creators, it can be hard to shoot a commercial, you have to get a fancy camera, you need to find a location, you need need to get a crew together, it is very much an expensive investment. Since you would need to watch your budget, you can get stock footage from great websites like Adobe Dot com. Today I will tell you how good all the stock footage websites are, and how designers use it.

Here is were I found most of these sites and quoted from.

Adobe.com

49 for every video clip

This is the premiere place to get the best and most high quality stock footage for your projects, it is very easy to use this website as well. There are also forums to help you out if you don.t know how to use those the footage, they can give you some ideas

Story Blocks

16.58 per month.

‘Story Blocks offers more than 100,000 royalty free stock videos. Once you download a file it is yours to keep and use forever, royalty-free, even if you change your subscription or cancel your account.

In addtion to this Storyblocks also offers another stock media library called the Marketplace. This is where customers can purchase clips directly from contributors.

This provides more options for video editors if they can’t find what they’re looking for in the unlimited library. They can head over to the Marketplace to find more content at a discounted price.’

Artgrid

Price; 25 per month.

Artgrid’s yearly subscription is very attractive, giving full access to their catalogue, unlimited downloads and a license that covers use on any platform. To top it off, any clip you download with an active subscription is yours forever to reuse. We now get 2 months free with all subscriptions!

With 3 pricing plans, there’s something for all types of creators – JuniorCreator and Pro. Each of them differ in the resolution and format of the footage available to download with full access to the entire catalogue.

Pro subscribers get access to ungraded Raw and LOG files, which give filmmakers amazing flexibility. When it comes to resolution, most of the footage comes in 4k, while 8K is also available.

VideoHive

Only 10 dollars!

The royalty free footage on VideoHive is very affordable. So it’s a great site if you just want to dip your toe into stock video or grab a quick clip for a beginner project.

But as with many sites, the quality does suffer slightly at a lower price point, so be careful what you spend your credits on.

iStock

60 is average buying price.

iStock was originally known as iStockPhoto, but then re branded to account for the diverse range of content on the site. Video editors, bloggers, brands and filmmakers flock to site to obtain quality stock videos.

iStock is one of the least expensive stock video sites on our list and has some relatively flexible payment options.

What is a Creative Commons License?

Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under certain conditions.”

Quote from below.

https://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/creative-commons/creative-commons-information-pack-for-teachers-and-students/what-is-creative-commons-

I could definitely produce stock footage for some sort of job, just a few though.

Article D3: …MORE Multimedia Production Teams!

Continuing from article 2, we are still talking about multimedia jobs so that you can know how it all works. Today I will list some jobs that you can take that requires multimedia experience. When I have listed all of them to you, I will tell you about what they put on their resume, and what entails.

Multimedia Designer

IT-StratWashington, DC

Source for all the jobs, the descriptions I have are excerpts from those pages.

Information Technology Strategies (IT-Strat) is in need of Multimedia Designer to join the team we are forming to create and post web documents, manage multiple websites, and provide multimedia support by creating multimedia to convey complex and technical information. Client Agency is DHS.Requirements Designer I: Top/Secret SCI level clearance. Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Art Graphic Design, Visual Communication or related field. Five (5) years of experience may be substituted in lieu of the degree requirement. Minimum of two (2) years recent experience in graphic design or multimedia environment. At least one (1) year of experience handling US classified documents. Experience using Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat), and Microsoft Office Suite. Requirements Designer II: All of the above, plus: Adobe Premier for video editing, and Microsoft Office Suite. Preferences: Thorough understanding of production and rendering methods including drawing, offset printing, photography, and time-based and interactive media (film, video, computer multimedia).

Multimedia Illustrator

U.S. Army Recruiting Baton Rouge –
Denham Springs, LA

This is an entry level position with no experience necessary. Multimedia illustrators are primarily responsible for operating multimedia-imaging equipment in order to produce visual displays and documents. They produce graphic artwork that is used in Army publications, signs, charts, posters television and motion picture productions. Job Duties: Create illustrations, layouts, map overlays, posters, graphs and charts Produce computer-generated graphics Draw cartoons for filmstrips and animation for films Work with television and film producers to design backdrops and props for film sets Attend Basic and Advanced Training (paid) Basic Qualifications: Age – 17 to 34 years old Education – Current Senior in High School(HS), HS Diploma, GED, GED equivalent, or higher education level completed Associates and Bachelor’s Degrees (in any major or field) guarantee you an advanced promotion upon joining.

Remote Multimedia Graphic Designer 3

VirtualVocationsBaltimore, MD

An information technology and services company is seeking a Remote Multimedia Graphic Designer 3. Must be able to: Create compelling and easy-to-understand graphics to support company’s proposals Interface with personnel at all levels of the company Required Skills: Ability to be available for the part-time, on call position during surge periods as well as to cover for vacations as needed Ability to work nights and weekends when required Flexibility to be available as needed (on call) 5+ years of experience designing graphics Expert-level understanding of how to use PowerPoint to create information rich, visually appealing graphics Ability to translate user requirements into compelling and compliant graphics

Graphics Designer/Art Director 3

TalentBurst, Inc.Sunnyvale, CA

Position Description

As we continue to increase touchpoints with customers and colleagues virtually, Client is looking for a Multimedia Designer, Virtual Events (MDVE) to support the flawless promotion, publishing, and educational events to leading publishing platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, and ON24, among others. This role will sit with the company’s Brand and Creative team, reporting to our new Executive Producer, Virtual Events, while working in tandem with multiple colleagues in the marketing and sales organizations. We are seeking a unique Designer hybrid – deep experience designing online and print collateral for in-person as well as virtual events and also created channel specific assets for digital and social promotion. We need your guidance and expertise to grow and drive a strong Client virtual event attendee experience.

Multimedia Artist- Videographer Job in Pembroke Pines Jooble

BoxyCharm, Inc. Pembroke Pines, FL

The Multimedia Artist – Videographer should specialize and know everything about the video world in terms of the content creation side and will be responsible for creating cohesive photo and video experiences for various forms of online content. The work will include shooting various campaigns for paid, social and print. The ideal candidate has the ability to deliver high quality work in a fast-paced environment while up against short timelines. This role plays a critical role in our creative marketing strategy that determines how our brand message is communicated to our customers.

The salary for these types of jobs are 33k to 88k per year.

Multimedia Specialist Resume Samples | Velvet Jobs
If you want to get an idea of what a multimedia designer’s resume is like, just read this.

https://www.velvetjobs.com/resume/multimedia-specialist-resume-sample

Article D2: Multimedia Production Teams

https://unsplash.com/@thenewmalcolm This is the person I got the picture on the article from, he took the picture. Thank you for letting me use it.

Let explain to you how it works to put together a multimedia team. There are many roles in a Team you have to consider, they are all required for the machine to function, for the gears to turn. Never forget this when you are organizing a team. You need to have a leader for ever individual role for your company, other wise, you will be unsuccessful in any of your business en devours.

Creative Director

Creative directors are the creative leads at advertising and marketing companies, working with designers, artists, copywriters, sales teams and marketers to create a vision for products sold. Creative directors plan advertising, oversee the creative process and give guidance to the creative people that work under them.”

My source for this quote is below.

https://www.snagajob.com/job-descriptions/creative-director/#:~:text=Creative%20directors%20are%20the%20creative,people%20that%20work%20under%20them.

Project Manager

Responsible for the organization planning and locating resources, they set budget, and make sure the idea is executed successfully, including Software and app development.

Content Editors

Content editing, also known as substantive editing, comprehensive editing, macro editing, or heavy editing, is a form of copy editing that evaluates the overall formatting, style, and content of a document in order to optimize visual design and comprehensibility.

The source of this quote is below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_editing

Videographers

”A videographer is someone who is responsible for recording live events and small scale video productions. Videographers focus on smaller productions like documentaries, live events, short films, legal depositions, weddings, birthday parties, sports events, commercials, and training videos.”

My source for this quote is below.

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/videographer/

Audio Engineers

Responsible for all the sound and voice recording and sound creating. Makes sure that its all balanced/mixed. Basically with this guy your project would not be as alive as it would be with audio.

How do they work together?

Well basically, the videographer and the audio engineer would work perfectly together, combination of what you see in the video and what the engineer does to make it stand out will be perfect. The content manager edit it to make sure everything looks and sounds good together. Planner has a perfect guideline for the whole team to go off of, and creative director basically made the whole idea and tells everyone what his vision is about this project since he knows what he wants. He also advertises the project for the audience. These are all important to multimedia because it brings life to a project. I guess a normal director would be important too.

Article D1: Audio Design, Capturing, Editing & the Designers who do it

https://unsplash.com/@jasonrosewell Thanks to this person for the featured image for this article.

Sound design is very important for making movies, games and creating content for an audience, why would you watch a movie without any sound? It would definitely break you’re immersion right? This is why sound editors use a cool program for this job, like Adobe Audition, Audacity, Mixpad, and more. To help you fully understand what editing sounds for a job is like, I will explain everything that I can possibly can explain for you aspiring sound designers out there, here we go.

What exactly does it take to be a Sound Designer I wonder?

Sound Designers first have to down load the best and greatest sound mixing software in the world, but there are a lot of options out there, in this article it lists some of the best software out there for the job.

https://filmora.wondershare.com/best-audio-recording-software.html

“Whether professional or for amateur purposes, the audio recording software programs are very important. These programs allow manipulating the audio so that it matches the need for a specific project.

The best audio recording software has a variety of tools embedded to polish the audio recorded, in which this article we are going to review the best of them for you.”

This is an excerpt from the intro of article I found online that shows you what different sound mixing software. These software not only can record sound effects, but can also record your voice, and you can edit the sounds together with these programs in what ever order you want. You can either make your own custom sound effects, which is kind of time consuming on its own, or you can get all sorts of royalty free sound effects from the internet. But I know you’re thinking now, whats the pay?

Different job listing for Sound Designers

Here are multiple different links to jobs for a sound designer, I will leave links to all of them.

Except from Job listing; Sound Designer for Adventure Music Group

“Aventure Music Group (Group of music labels) is looking for an experienced sound engineer, sound designer, music producer for an internship paid position in Miami Florida. We have a Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, and many VST equipped room. As part of this position, the candidate will need to be able to teach courses on Music Production, Beat Production.”

“Responsibilities: Experience with music technology, including Ableton , ProTools and/or Logic and/or and/or Reason.”

Sound Designer for The Mandy Network

“You are a smart and professional team player, with an eye on quality, and appreciation of hands-on work. You feel confident jumping into a fast-paced startup environment, learning quickly and adding s… Role: RequirementsSolid experience producing audio for real environments with knowledge of pitch, tone, resonance, tempo, phase, decibel levels, crossfading and other sonic qualities inherent in environment.”

The salary for both of these ranged from $50k to $60k.