Library material

Library material
Library material refers to material that is stored in libraries of sound or video effects.

Focus: Sound libraries
When a film is complete, the wild tracks of non-dialogue sounds are usually collated by the production company for further use in future projects.

After the vast amount of productions that have been created a library of sounds and sounds effects have been built up.
Large production companies, such as the BBC, have a vast library of various sounds that can be tweaked and reused that are available to the public.
These can contain anything from raindrops to whispering voices.

Focus: video libraries
The BBC also have libraries of video materials that are available.
Collections of different video effects are often referred to as action essentials.
These can include anything from a landscape of a rainy day to a beach with the sun up in the sky.