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www.postmagazine.com 42 POST NOVEMBER 2014 STOCK FOOTAGE ARTBEATS CAPTURES FOOTAGE OF RARE DUAL TORNADO MYRTLE CREEK, OR — Artbeats (www.artbeats.com), known for aerial and eff ects footage, is making rare tornadoes, supercell storm structure and ex- treme weather accessible to users in 5K resolution. According to the com- pany, these are highly-diffi cult types of storms to obtain footage of, which it acquired using a Red Epic camera outfi tted with Red's Motion Mount to keep lightning from creating split-frame artifacts. "After four years of storm chasing, my eff orts fi nally paid off with bigger dividends than I could have imagined," says Phil Bates, Artbeats CEO and di- rector of the shoot. "To be in exactly the right place at the right time to view, experience and capture dual tornadoes spinning in front of me was surreal." Bates acquired the footage on the high plains of Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota with experienced chaser Skip Talbot and pro-photographer Jennifer Brindly Ubl. Premium selects of the footage are currently available at artbeats.com/ storms2014, with more to come. Individual HD clips are priced from $299 to $999 each; the high-res 5K clips are $399 to $1399, and the R3D fi les can be purchased for an additional $200. AXIOM AERIAL IMAGES AVAILABLE THROUGH ONLINE STORE LOS ANGELES — Axiom Images (www.axiomimages.com), provider of aerial stock footage for media use, is off ering its aerial shot library through its online store. The company's online library not only contains locations, such as Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Miami, but also has access to locations not available to the general public, including such restricted areas as Big Sur and The White House. Axiom's work has been featured in numerous television shows and fi lms, including The Flash, Gotham, Arrow, The Blacklist, Agents of Shield and Iron Man 3, and in custom production work for Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. Televi- sion. To access footage, users can search by location, category, keyword and a variety of fi lter types to get the right technical specs and shot types. Most clips feature various format options, from 1080 HD to large 5K raw fi les. Each purchased clip comes with a one-time use license. VIDEOBLOCKS SURPASSES 35 MILLION DOWNLOADS RESTON, VA — VideoBlocks (www.videoblocks.com), a subscription-based provider of unlimited royalty-free stock video, recently reported that it has surpassed 35 million downloads across all three of its content platforms, which also includes AudioBlocks (music tracks, sound eff ects and loops) and GraphicStock (images, graphics, illustrations and vectors). VideoB- locks reports that it, along with its sister sites, is growing at more than 1 million downloads per month. "There continues to be an insatiable appetite for high-quality stock media from content creators around the world," notes Joel Holland, the company's founder and CEO. "With access to aff ordable assets and technologies, we're seeing incredible projects come to life on online video channels, social media sites and other media platforms that wouldn't have previously been possible. We're extremely focused on adding to our libraries with new and exciting content." In an eff ort to help with recruiting new content, the company has launched a new corporate Website, called WeAreVideoBlocks.com. SHORT FILM FEATURES NEW IMAGERY FROM STORMSTOCK ARLINGTON, TX — Cinematographer and director Martin Lisius, founder of the StormStock stock footage library (www.stormstock.com), recently wrapped a short fi lm titled, Mountains on the Prairie, which features 4K and 5K footage of storms he's shot over the past six months. Lisius, who also narrates the fi lm, tells the story of a unique kind of thunderstorm called a "supercell," which has a persistent, rotating updraft, and is responsible for producing the most signifi cant tornadoes and largest hail on Earth. "I've been forecasting and photographing supercells for nearly 30 years," Lisius says. "Many people think of them as just severe, destructive storms, but I wanted to show them for what they really are — tall, majestic and beautiful creations of nature." Much of the high-resolution footage is now available through StormStock. Joel Holland, founder and CEO of VideoBlocks