subject: Introducing Future Mountaineers Students To Legends Of The Sport [print this page] Mountaineering schools can use video footage of the sport not just for encouraging the students, but also help them learn the nuances. Such footage is easily accessible on online footage libraries. Thanks to steady technological advancements, it is possible now to get high quality videos of sports like mountaineering, which are often shot in adverse weather conditions.
You are a mountaineering institute wanting a video which you could show to new recruits on the first day. You want to introduce them to the legends of the sport that will be a source of inspiration for the students. They are the people, who achieved something that was hitherto considered next to impossible. Their feats rank high in public perception and viewing them in action would certainly pump the adrenalin of the new entrants.
What about a video that shows Sir Edward Hillary's expedition to Mount Everest? It may show various shots of different stages of the expedition Hillary preparing for expedition with his team, base camp, and mountain panorama over clouds, etc. It would make a kind of impact your words wont.
You need not limit the videos to Hillarys expedition. You could expand your repertoire, showing the videos to the people through their course. These could be long shots of expedition on the worlds highest peaks, altitude test, campsite in snow, sherpas being put into sleeping bags, climbers walking around on icy ground, climbers in huddle having coffee, climbers working with equipment and contraption, beauty shots of the mighty mountains, climbers struggling with steep ascent, hacking at ice, about to reach the mountain top, dressed as astronauts and many more.
Thanks to steady advancement in technology, it is possible now to get high quality videos of mountaineering and other adventure sports. There are cameras that can take perfect pictures even at the highest altitude and adverse weather conditions. Exposure to these videos helps the uninitiated guess how it is like being part of an exhibition. They are mentally conditioned to climb the challenging peaks. Moreover, you could also use such video clips for advertising campaigns.
There are online footage libraries where you can access such videos. All you need to do is to browse through the footage, view the clips and download the videos which fit into your scheme of things. Of course, the videos are not free. Like all other things up there in the market, you need to pay for them.
You can get stock footage in two ways royalty free and right managed. When you get a royalty free stock footage, you can use it as often and in as many ways as you like, though with some conditions. For arriving on the terms for royalty free footage, you need to discuss it with the camerapersons.
On the other hand, rights managed footage can be used only for intended purpose. Though you need to dole out more pounds for getting such footage compared to the royal free videos, you are likely to get better footage.
The distinction between royalty free and right managed footage is not that obvious today. So you should carefully examine the librarys contract before purchasing footage. Some videos that are marked royalty free may have some sort of conditions on their usage. It is better not to conclude that the usage of the video will be flexible until you peruse the terms.
