Visuals for documentaries style videos

[MediaVsReality]

I'm creating a channel based around ideas about the relationship between media and reality.

I'm trying to figure out how to get footage for the visuals while I explain the ideas and concepts. So far I've thought of:


- Stock video footage - Where is the best place to get it? Is it incredibly expensive?

- Clips from movies and TV - How do I avoid getting videos banned for copyright while using film and TV clips?

- Clips from TV News - Again, at what point am I no longer following copyright laws?



An answer to these questions would be MASSIVELY APPRECIATED as I've been stuck for days trying to figure this out.


Thanks in advance

 

[Conight]

I think it would be nice to use all the ideas above, just maybe watermark the stock footage with sources, for example if I show a clip from the Matrix movie, in the bottom corner in slightly transparent letters "scene from the matrix"

 

[Iain]

You need the right answer here to protect yourself and your channel, so ask a YouTube Certified expert to make sure.

I’m not trying to discount advice from anyone here or other peers - but you don’t want to get this one wrong.

I’d recommend reaching out to someone like Derral Eves, it would be a great question to ask him, and be great for content for him to respond to in one of his videos to add value for others too.

 

[The NotARubicon!]

A agree with Iain about being careful who you take advice from, especially here, where you will get children posting guesses, hopes, and dreams as fact.
I would go with stock footage. there are several sources for good, FREE stock footage (google it!) - read the terms and you can't go wrong.. Even 'experts' are wrong sometimes - and why should they care if it's not their channel they are putting at risk?