Movie made from Getty's still image collection

[Video Link] Getty Images hired BBDO Brazil to produce a short movie made entirely of still images from its collection.

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So, the storyline is basically “When Harry Met Sally”

Very nice.
- Sagodjur
  
  I don’t remember Sally getting struck by lightning and dying after they had a family.
http://twitter.com/Codepope Dj Walker-Morgan

And does anyone want to work out how much that would cost someone to make if they weren’t Getty Images (the company)?
Ethan Taliesin Houser

What happened between 89 and 188? That’s like a hundred images missing. What a rip!
Terry Fairbrother

glad I don’t suffer from seizures!!
Bo Nash

So, if one of us were to make this using only Getty’s royalty-free stock photos, and none of the fancy rights-managed stuff, here’s a quick ballpark of what this would cost anyone else to produce it:

Getty prices their stock based on the resolution. Estimating an average photo price of about $50 for 480, $150 for 720, and $260 for 1080 resolutions (and that’s being kind to Getty’s pricing), you’re looking at roughly:$43,650 for 480 Standard Definition
$130,950 for 720 HD
$226,980 for 1080 HD
- http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan
  
  I imagine the bill is already on its way to BoingBoing.
- Preston Sturges
  
  That’s certainly in the ballpark, and if you wanted them for commercial use, one minute of footage would probably cost millions.
- penguinchris
  
  Good photography is expensive to produce. Also, shitty stock photography is expensive to produce.
  
  Unfortunately, most people in charge of choosing what photography to use don’t know the difference and probably pay Getty to use shitty images when they could go to any of the other stock photography sources and get the same sort of thing for a fraction of the price.
  
  However – the point I’m trying to make is that while the cost is significant to use images like this, it’s much cheaper than hiring a pro photographer and either way extremely few photographers end up making much money. Even at Getty prices, you’re still getting the sweet end of the deal.
Ito Kagehisa

BBDO? Beelzebub, Belial, Devil & Orgy? Those are MY solicitors!
Mikael Jorgensen

Very reminiscent of http://www.cassandrac.net/ and her snap-motion re-animations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyi0lzbDJVc

This approach to collecting and re-presenting / animating images is surely going to gain more popularity now that the artists have laid the groundwork.
Preston Sturges

Happy couple walking on the beach? We got that B-roll!

http://youtu.be/SItFvB0Upb8
- http://mattdm.org/ Matthew Miller
  
  Heh. Every time I watch that I end up a little sad that it’s not a real thing. It’s so perfect.
  - Preston Sturges
    
    Depressed woman touching a wall!
    Why is she touching a wall?
    I don’t know, that’s what depressed people do, right?
    Don’t judge the B-roll!
- noah django
  
  Hoooooo-leeee fuck, this is awesome. far better than the getty thing.
  
  also, frame 19 of the getty vid is a woman kissing a dog. that’s what popped up when i paused it randomly.
jimh

Watching this at work, I became a little uneasy in the beginning because it was heading in a possibly NSFW direction!
http://twitter.com/firebagger Mary Mac

I have spent hours looking at Getty photos trying to figure out which ones I can photoshop the watermark out of. So, this just seemed normal to me only sped up.
- noah django
  
  oh, word? what do you use them for? post some examples for us?
http://twitter.com/BusterVanDamn Buster Van Damn

With BoingBoing’s ongoing fight against copyright trolls, I’m VERY surprised you guys are showcasing what is basically a free ad for Getty Images. They are a text-book example of “copyright troll” and have made an industry out of hassling, harassing and extorting small businesses with threatening letters in an attempt to coerce unknowing business owners into paying exorbitant fees or face their legal retribution, often for trumped-up, unfounded copyright infringement.

Do a search on Google or Bing for “Getty Letter” to learn more.
- Rev.Veggie.Spam
  
  Was wondering this myself.
  
  I’m sure that’s an “economical” $8.73M film under their licensing demands.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000444450214 Genre Slur

A good illustration of what ‘Impressionism’ and lying have in common.
SamSam

Frame 199 is definitely NSFW guys.

You could have put up a warning or something.