where to get found footage:
- Scotland on screen
- Creative Archive at the BBC
- Creative Archive at the BFI
- Creative Archive at the Open University
- The British Pathe Archive
- With breaking the news you work with real Channel 4 news rushes
- Focus on film online editing tools - history using archive footage
- A great American collection is the Prelinger Archive
There is a good page about all this on filmstreet's site here and some tips on importing footage.
editing experiments
Film Education supply various dvds that focus on specific films and have information and editing exercises within them. The 'Die Another Day' dvd has been well recommended. Its an 'interactive educational dvd-rom' and includes activities for:
- A shot by shot analysis of a chase scene
- Constructing a chase sequence using storyboards
- Editing the sequence using rushes, sound effects and music
Convert internet video files into another formats using online software at zamzar