Bug In My Ear About Archival Footage
Working on these documentaries makes the search for archival footage quite the treasure hunt. Worth1000 Bug’s in Life photo compositing contest amused me today. It was not footage related but I enjoy their compositing contests. The amount of work they spend on one image makes me contemplate the HOURs and HOURs filmmakers spend compositing things into movies (like Pirates of the Caribbean). How many thousands of hours must that have taken? It’s so much easier if you’ve got live action footage. Speaking of which …
The Prelinger Archives is one of the world’s greatest archival sources (British Pathe and WGA are also great). Some of their collections were recently referenced on BoingBoing are Panorama Ephemera, Industrial Films and Educational Films. Happy Hunting!
