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Stock Options, South Africa’s leading footage resource, celebrates 20 years in international stock footage in June. “Our roots in TV and cinema commercials production have been invaluable throughout this time, as we have seen radical changes in the way we and our clients work – from sending preview clips and master material by courier, to having fully searchable websites, and delivery within minutes of even HD clips by FTP," comments Stock Options Managing Director Margi Sheard. "The only thing we sometimes miss is having adequate time to do in-depth research. We used to get several months on big projects, but nowadays a few days or even hours, is the norm."

The brief from King James, to source footage and negotiate complex rights clearances for super athlete Haile Gebrselassie for client Johnny Walker, tested the mettle of  leading stock footage company Stock Options.

The latest addition of High-Definition (HD) content at Stock Options comes from the renowned StockFood stable – acknowledged world leaders in food and related imagery. 'This exciting collection comes at a most opportune time', according to Images & Motion manager Angela van der Merwe. 'Shooting exquisite food, with slowmo, great lighting and production values can take quite a chunk out of budgets, so this makes an ideal case for using stock in a variety of productions, including TVCs, corporates and the many retail screens that are in evidence everywhere.'

Michael Meyersfeld has won two awards at the prestigious 27th AOP (Association Of Photographers) awards held in London recently. “We are particularly proud to be associated with Michael, one of our foremost stock shooters” says Greatstock’s Margi Sheard.

Stock Options continues to add leading Royalty-Free motion content to the arsenal already available to filmmakers of all genres. The latest addition is from the renowned Image Source stable – leading international producer of RF photography for many years – and one of the first major stock photography producers to embrace motion ('footage') in an active way.

Great Stock! continues to deliver exceptional choices in imagery to the visual community via its longstanding relationship with Corbis. The latest news is that National Geographic has partnered with Corbis to provide exclusive image and motion content that dates back to 1900. This collection also offers contemporary imagery, lensed by many of the worlds most admired photographers.

Leading stock footage company Stock Options recently added another all-new collection of High Definition (HD) lifestyle footage – with much of it originated on the high-spec Red One (35mm) format. The footage is all fully model-released, further adding to its appeal for producers of high-end TVCs, corporates and the like", according to manager Erna de Villiers. "Fully-cleared contemporary lifestyle footage is showing strong demand, and the excellent performances and high production values are sure to find favour with producers and creatives. It’s a great collection that spans many commonly-requested themes within the lifestyle category, and provides a welcome addition to our growing range of Royalty-Free motion imagery."

Stock Options recently signed up an all-new, exclusive collection of contemporary royalty-free lifestyle footage motion from ReelDealHD. The footage, all fully model-released, is shot in HD with great cast and performances, according to Stock Options manager Erna de Villiers: "Footage with credible performances in contemporary lifestyle settings is still a relative rarity for footage, so having this collection fully model-released and in HD is an exciting addition to our motion offering and related services."