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footage

foo·tage

UK/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈfʊtɪdʒ/ common

noun

1.

the amount of film that has been shot

2.

a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done

Origin

From foot (unit of length) + -age. Video footage is so called because movie film and television tape was measured in feet. The same term is still applied by analogy to digital videos which are stored on hard drives or microchips. Compare typologically French métrage.

Phrases

  • file footage
  • found footage
  • square footage
  • stock footage

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