About Blue Sky Stock Footage

As a cinematographer-owned boutique, Blue Sky Stock Footage understands the needs of production professionals. We offer exclusive high definition and film-originated footage that has been shot to exacting commercial standards and digitally transferred on the latest equipment.

Since its founding in 1993 by Academy Award winning cinematographer Bill Mitchell, Blue Sky Stock Footage has followed the latest industry trends, and currently offers:

• DOWNLOADABLE CLIPS - Available for immediate download clips as high definition and standard definition (PAL and NTSC) video formats including: RAW, RED r3d and 8 bit uncompressed 4:2:2, Apple ProRes, H264, PhotoJpeg and DV QuickTimes and Windows Media Video and Flash to meet the extensive needs of video productions. There is no lab cost to download our clips.
• PHYSICAL FORMATS - many of the clips on the site are accessible on 35mm interpositive, dupe negative or film scan for feature films and high resolution video projects. In addition, our footage is ready at the lab in Los Angeles for transfer to D-5, DigiBeta and additional tape formats. Finally, we can provide our footage on hard drives. For physical formats there are additional lab costs.
• ONLINE RESEARCH - Browse or search by category or keywords, and view clips in Quicktime and Flash video at no cost. To registered users, for every clip in the library we offer a full length low resolution clip and a 8 frame sample clip to test and evaluate the original resolution and cadence of our clips.
• CUSTOM CINEMATOGRAPHY, on film or high definition video ? available motion control, on the latest film equipment, from one shot to your entire spot, we offer full production services.

OUR STAFF

Owner/Cinematographer, Bill Mitchell

Cinematographer Bill Mitchell has always has always enjoyed shooting experimental cinematography starting young and winning a student Academy Award in the Experimental category for his 35mm student film "Zebu". After finishing his BA in film at Loyola Marymount University, he worked as an IMAX projectionist, camera and post production assistant on feature films including the signature 70 mm film, Baraka.

He has a real passion for filming and has spent much of his career shooting on various film, video and digital cameras. Bill has owned many different cameras including Mitchell, Eyemo, Aaton, Arriflex film cameras and Panasonic, Sony, Canon, Nikon, JVC and RED digital cameras.

About 20 years ago he began to license his footage for commercials, feature films, music video and various other video projects and has an extensive stock footage film library that can be viewed here. Mitchell has lived the last 20 years in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, NM.

Today, Bill also shoots custom shots as a Director of Photography for commercials, features, and TV, and his stock images have been seen in countless productions. He is considered an expert in the field of timelapse, though his shooting style spans an array of techniques.

Bill Mitchell is an expert filmmaker and continues to innovate developing custom film equipment and experiment in order to bring the highest quality stock footage to the world. Bill still finds time to travel the world with his wife Laurie, shooting fresh, new stock images - searching out unique blends of light, space and time.

Production Manager, Linda Giella

Linda began working in production in the mid-eighties with a TV animation company called Sunbow, which produced two of the top animated programs in syndication at the time (Transformers,G.I. Joe.). Over the past fifteen years she has worked in varying capacities in the production and post-production industries in Los Angeles. She was production manager for a year and a half at IMAGICA USA, helping to establish this premier optical house specializing in large format (IMAX) films and archival restoration.

She and Bill Mitchell met and later became business partners while working on the 70mm feature BARAKA.

SALES STAFF

sales@blueskyfootage.com

The Blue Sky sales staff is experienced in commercial, television, and feature production. We provide the personalized service required by demanding schedules. Our staff is here to serve you and answer questions Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., PST, and we have agents throughout the world.

WELCOME to our website! We are always open to your comments, questions, and suggestions.