OceanFootage in the News

Have you written about OceanFootage lately?
Following are Summaries and links to just a few of our recent news announcements at a glance:

As you put together your upcoming stock footage industry coverage, we hope the news briefs below will remind you to include OceanFootage. The world leader for ocean stock footage, OceanFootage is a superb resource, offering a unique partnership with the providers in its community.

Here's a sampling of recent news, assembled for your convenience:

NatureFootage Announced this Week at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (September 2005)
Footage Search Brings Best of Natural World to Web

Monterey, CA. September 19, 2005 – From Footage Search (the creators of OceanFootage, the world’s largest online resource for ocean footage), comes a new resource for footage from the natural world: NatureFootage (www.NatureFootage.com). This exciting online collection will spotlight breathtaking footage from the best nature cinematographers around the world, and was officially announced, appropriately enough, at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (September 19 - 24, 2005).

OceanFootage Adds Collections from Award-Winner Al Giddings and More! (August 2005)
Celebrated New Collections Include Footage from Al Giddings, NHNZ, Sea Studios, Bob Glusic, Greg Huglin, David Hannan, and more

Monterey, CA. August 23, 2005 – With the addition of over 200 hours of select footage from acclaimed cinematographers and production companies, the OceanFootage collection is as big as the deep blue sea. Superb new collections, now available in Standard Definition, High-Definition and 35mm film, include footage from such notable providers as DP and four-time Emmy award-winner Al Giddings, as well as Natural History New Zealand (NHNZ), Bob Glusic, Greg Huglin, David Hannan, and Sea Studios.

OceanFootage Makes a Splash with Exhibit Sales (June 2005)
Assorted High-Profile Footage Sales to Aquariums and Museums Worldwide
Make for a Successful Spring

Monterey, CA. June 9, 2005 – OceanFootage has had a dynamic and successful Spring, achieving a number of high-profile footage sales to Exhibits – as well as to advertising campaigns for exhibits – worldwide. Exhibits are an important market for the company, which offers the largest and most varied collection of ocean footage available anywhere (above or below the waves). Recent clients in this niche include a number of the world’s leading aquariums and museums, who use the footage to enhance their ocean and marine-related exhibits, and to bring the natural habitats of the ocean creatures on display to life for museum and aquarium visitors

“Big Waves” Collection Rolls Into OceanFootage! (April 2005)
OceanFootage Adds Impressive New Collection
from Noted Wave and Surf Cinematographer

Monterey, CA. April 20, 2005 – Spectacular new footage has just surfed into Oceanfootage, which announces an exciting new collection of “Big Waves” from acclaimed filmmaker Mike Prickett. Prickett, with over 20 years of experience to his credit, specializes in adrenaline-soaked footage of surfers, climbers, and adventure seekers. The new “Big Waves” collection is the next best thing to actually being on a surfboard and is only available at OceanFootage – the world’s most comprehensive provider of ocean footage.

“Close Encounters” at OceanFootage! (March 2005)
Unique and Exciting Collection Spotlights Ocean Encounters
Between People and the Creatures of the Sea

Monterey, CA – The talented cinematographers who contribute to OceanFootage help create the world’s most comprehensive online source for ocean footage, in one easy and convenient location. These contributors have devoted their lives to the documentation of the world beneath the sea in encounters that take place at a respectful distance. Sometimes a creature becomes curious about that strange “diver with a camera,” and approaches to examine more closely. The result is an assortment of truly spectacular encounters between humans and the mysterious wildlife of the sea. These exciting encounters make up the newest collection at OceanFootage, entitled People and the Sea (/stock_people_footage.htm).

OceanFootage Expands High-Definition Collection! (January 2005)
Over 25 Hours of Exciting New HD Oceanic Footage Available Now Online
for Immediate Licensing at OceanFootage

OceanFootage specializes in the world’s most spectacular moving images of the great blue sea – above and below its surface. And now those seeking ocean footage will see into its depths more clearly than ever, thanks to the stock footage provider’s incredible expansion of its High-Definition (HD) collection. OceanFootage already offered over 25 hours of superb HD footage online, so the addition to this collection of over 25 hours of new HD footage makes the collection truly world-class, with more moving images from some of the best ocean cinematographers on the planet. Best of all, the entire collection is available now for online search, preview, purchase and delivery.

“There She Blows!”
OceanFootage Adds New Footage to a Whale of a Collection (September 2004)
More Spectacular Moving Images of Whales From Acclaimed Ocean Cinematographers Now Available at OceanFootage

As some of the most massive, mysterious and beautiful inhabitants of the deep, whales have been a continuing source of fascination and wonder for humans for centuries. Now industry leader OceanFootage has enhanced its already massive “Whales” collection (browse whales) with even more of the most rare and spectacular footage of these great leviathans. The world’s most comprehensive online resource for ocean footage, OceanFootage’s superb Whale footage comes from a variety of the best cinematographers worldwide. As a result, the newly expanded Whales collection is unforgettable – expansive in species, behavior, and geography.

New Collection from Celebrated Filmmaker Howard Hall (June 2004)

OceanFootage added a prestigious new collection of superb footage from award-winning cinematographer Howard Hall and his wife Michele Hall (also an Emmy winner). The collection includes a wide range of marine life and environments, including elegant Kelp Forests, frolicking Sea Lions, slow-moving Sunfish, graceful Sea Turtles, schools of ghostly Hammerhead Sharks, singing Humpbacks, and more (plus a wide variety of Dolphins, Sharks, Whales, Manta Rays, and Schooling Fish). The material is available in High Definition(1080/24P), and like all footage at OceanFootage is also available for immediate download.

Expanded Sharks Collection Means More Footage with Bite (May 2004)
OceanFootage Offers Even More Exciting and Diverse Motion Images of Sharks from
Across the Globe

OceanFootage announced the expansion of one of its most popular collections: Sharks
(View Now), with brand-new material from acclaimed ocean cinematographers such as Bob Cranston, Perry Armor, Nick Caloyianis, and more. From close-up lunges by the predatory Great White, to a placidly gliding Basking Shark, to sharks actually being hand-fed and 'petted' by divers, the additions can be accessed straight from the home page, and only further enrich an already stunning collection of topside and underwater shark film and video stock footage.

New Approach to Online Representation – and an Invitation (March 2004)
With more than a year of continuous expansion, a key to OceanFootage’s success has been the company's unique new approach to online representation, a 'partnership' approach that attracts talented cinematographers from across the globe. OceanFootage continued this commitment to expansion by announcing an open footage submission invitation to ocean and nature footage providers worldwide in March 2004. It's an excellent opportunity, as OceanFootage uses an exciting and entirely new business model that provides unprecedented control to providers over their sales and collections – and a whole new way to reach buyers. OceanFootage currently works with more than 100 of the world’s most respected ocean cinematographers worldwide.

New High-Def Collection Features Giant Humboldt Squid (January 2004)
New High-Def Collection of Giant Humboldt Squid Now Available from
Acclaimed Cinematographer Bob Cranston

OceanFootage announced new footage of one of the ocean's most legendary and elusive inhabitants, the giant Humboldt Squid. The truly extraordinary collection features over 30 minutes of select material from acclaimed underwater cinematographer Bob Cranston. Cranston has spent more time with the Humboldt Squid at depth than anyone else in the world, and now an extensive array of carefully selected material with these beautiful creatures is available at OceanFootage– including some of the most recent and exciting yet captured in High-definition (1080/24P format). To immediately browse, please visit /sellers/bobcranston.

OceanFootage Launches New, Expanded, Advanced Services (November 2003)
The Web’s Best Ocean Footage Collection Announces Next-Generation
Online Capabilities to Serve Buyers, Providers Alike

OceanFootage announced an assortment of new, improved, and expanded services, with faster access, improved navigation, and higher-quality access to a newly enhanced and expanded collection of video and film. OceanFootage also added a new high-quality preview option, rapid downloads of preview and master footage, advanced searching and browsing by category to quickly find available footage, and web-based shot requests – all available to ocean footage buyers whenever needed. The new capabilities help footage buyers find the exact ocean shot they need, and to do so fast, affordably, and in the format that fits their project.

For further information, please contact angela@footagesearch.com or (904) 982-8043 – or for key industry insight, please contact Dan Baron directly at dan@footagesearch.com or (831) 375-2313.

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