" stock footage "

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

1: A telephone conversation skill that involves giving the impression of listening to one's interlocutor's monologue while actually focusing on a separate unrelated task that demands all of one's conscious attention. This technique allow one to focus on one of the myriad tasks that demand our time in this Information Age such as checking email, reading product labels, console video games, television subplot hermeneutics, etc.

  * e.g.,  ... In the following example, Speaker B is engaging in Stock Footage: 

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

2: The effective Stock Footage skill set includes (at least):

  * e.g.,  ... Speaker A: "...and so she says to me 'no way' and i go 'you've GOT to be kidding me' and he goes 'no you DIDN'T' and then they both started in again with the, you know, and I was like so... " 

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

3:  Subliminally registering important words,

  * e.g.,  ... Speaker B: "So.. what?" 

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

4:  Following the tone and cadence of your partner's voice while ignoring its content,

  * e.g.,  ... Speaker A: "Embarrassed, you know? Are you even listening to me?" 

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

5:  Judiciously interjecting soothing phrases when appropriate,

  * e.g.,  ... Speaker B; "Yes, of course, they were at it again with the same old same old can you believe it?' 

 [ "Stock Footage" ]

6:  And, (the most expert skill) responding to the dreaded "Are you even listening to me?" or somesuch query by reconstructing from one's subconscious mind enough of the meaning of the fellow communicant's narrative to prevent a highly undesirable incidence of Color Bars.

  * e.g.,  ... Speaker A; "I know! And then she was like..." 

 [ "Stock footage" ]

1: Stock footage, also termed archive footage, library pictures and file footage is film or video footage either in the public domain or available for a set fee that can thus be put into any other film. Stock footage is of great use to filmmakers as it is generally far cheaper than actually filming a needed scene. Documentaries, as well as student films are noted for using large amounts of stock footage.

  * e.g.,  ... Stock Footage 

 [ "Stock footage" ]

2: Stock footage can also be used to integrate news footage or notable figures into a film. For instance, the Academy Award-winning film Forrest Gump used stock footage extensively, to portray the lead character meeting historic figures such as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and John Lennon.

  * e.g.,  ... My credits: wikipedia 

 [ "Stock footage" ]

3: One of the largest producers of public domain stock footage is the United States government. All videos produced by the United States military, NASA, and other agencies are available for use as stock footage. There are a number of companies that own the copyrights to large libraries of stock footage and charge film makers a fee for using it, but they rarely demand royalties. Stock footage comes from a myriad of sources, including governments, other movies, and often news outlets.

 [ "Stock footage" ]

4: Television and movies series also often use stock footage taken from previous installments. For instance, all the Star Trek series kept a collection of shots of starships that would appear on a regular basis, being used most of the time a ship was seen.

 [ "Stock footage" ]

5: News programs use film footage from their archives often when more recent images are not available.

 [ "Lenny Kravitz Stock Footage" ]

1:  Something that doesn't make any sense and cannot be fully explained.

  * e.g.,  ... "What the hell is that kravitz calling me for? We broke up five years ago." 

 [ "Lenny Kravitz Stock Footage" ]

2:  Totally irrelevant.

  * e.g.,  ... A. Why'd you sleep with my girlfriend? 

 [ "Lenny Kravitz Stock Footage" ]

3:  Typical bullshit.

  * e.g.,  ... B. The football game was on and I was drunk... 

 [ "Lenny Kravitz Stock Footage" ]

4: ---shortened to "kravitz", used in a negative way.

  * e.g.,  ... A. Lenny Kravitz Stock Footage, dude.