3 Stock Footage Clips Take a Leak

Sunday, June 1, 2014

3 Stock Footage Clips Take a Leak

One of the more popular tools in an editor's toolkit nowadays is the "Light Leak". The idea is to simulate the old style "imperfect" capture of footage on film when light would sneak in between the lens camera or through the film door (if it has been worn down). It is now a popular effect and is used as a storytelling device/visual cue to simulate flashbacks, or even act as a transition. Usually these files are imported into your NLE and put over another clip and blended using an "overlay" effect. Previously, I released a clip that was kind of like a light leak, but thought I should have some practical ones for people to use as well.

I created these by leaving the lens off of my T2i and tested out different lighting setups hitting the bare sensor (risky I know!!!).

There are three different types below. The "Hard Edge" clip helps simulate a shifted or poorly threaded film frame during playback. The "Fast Motion" clip would be helpful as a accompaniment to a whip pan or really any other type of transition. The "Soft Focus" clip is what you would typically consider your most common leak, gently filling parts of the frame with light. Hopefully you will be able to find good uses or at least one of these.

You can preview and download the clips by clicking "read more" below. Happy Downloading!

Free Royalty Free Footage of a lightleak that could be used an an overlay effect

Free Royalty Free Footage of a fast moving lightleak effect that can be used as an overlay

Free Royalty Free Footage of a lightleak effect that is an out of focus bokeh for overlays

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These videos were shot using a Canon EOS Rebel T2i