stock footage

noun

, Movies, Television.

1. film containing stock shots.

Example Sentences

He tried stock footage, but it didn’t click.

From Los Angeles Times

I ended up working at a start-up, editing commercials from stock footage.

From Los Angeles Times

There's a combo of practical models, playfully retro stock footage, and lo-fi visual effects touches throughout that add to the jarring, dreamlike nature of it all.

From Salon

While a handful of shows before “Power Rangers” utilized vintage or stock footage and inserted characters into them, perhaps most notably on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” it was always done with some sort of wink to the audience.

From Los Angeles Times

Whereas his early films favored suburban Las Vegas and the nearby desert, his 2018 cyberthriller “Twisted Pair” is replete with green-screen photography and stock footage.

From New York Times