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Your source for high-quality stock footage and clips of people from all over the world. From babies to seniors, discover footage of people from all walks of life. Find people with active lifestyles running, people working in offices and from home, and people celebrating all that life has to offer. Whether you need a clip of happy people sharing a meal or footage of crowds walking through busy intersections, you can find millions of videos featuring people on Shutterstock.

About people videos and stock footage

Shutterstock makes searching for videos of people easy. Need to search for people running and exercising? Search for exactly what you need. Find millions of clips, including high resolution 4K footage of people working out in groups at the gym or running through the park. Discover footage of people celebrating, working, enjoying time with family and loved ones, and experiencing food, music, and fun. Looking for a specific clip of people for your next project? Use advanced filters to narrow your results based on length, frame rate, contributor and more. No matter what type of tech video you are looking for, the Shutterstock video library has millions of clips to choose from. Find the perfect technology clip for your next video.
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Questions about people videos


What are videos of people?

Videos of people include shots of individuals, groups, and large gatherings of men, women, and/or children. These videos include candid moments of people in everyday life, like morning routines, work and school activities, and family dinners. Find videos of people in countries all over the world exploring sandy beaches, attending concerts, going for walks in the rain, and so much more. Find clips of people that are happy, sad, focused, stressed, and even experiencing many of these emotions at the same time. Videos of people include all genders, cultures, and ethnicities celebrating their humanity all over the globe.


What is royalty-free footage of people?

Royalty-free videos of people are stock footage clips that you can use in your videos, commercials, or films without having to pay royalties for each use. With the purchase of Shutterstock’s royalty-free license, you can download royalty-free videos of individuals, families, coworkers, and large group gatherings to use right away in your projects. Shutterstock compensates contributors fairly, so you don’t have to worry about paying them. You can use these royalty-free footage clips of people multiple times after paying a single fee.


How do I find high-quality video clips with people?

Shutterstock has the best stock footage of people from around the world. Search for the exact clip you need. Discover millions of clips, including happy people, cultural celebrations, young people, groups wearing facemasks, and senior lifestyles. Even better you can use advanced filters to narrow your results based on length, frame rate, contributor, and more. Need multiple clips that fit the same look? Each individual video page offers more clips with a similar style or more work from the same contributing artist. Find one clip of a group of people you like? Click on the contributors name to browse more of their work that can fit your project.


What makes videos of people engaging?

To create engaging videos with people, you must give viewers a sense of awe. Truly engaging videos are escapism in its purest form, where viewers can just take in the stunning and mesmerizing visuals. Whether your audience is watching people dance, groups enjoying a meal, or people playing sports and games, the key is to use footage that viewers can relate to. Find footage that fits your message, with clips that are relatable based on the situation you are talking about. Find footage of people experiencing all types of emotion, from happiness and joy to grief and sorrow or stress and anxiety. You are bound to find the footage you need to tell your story.


What are the most popular video clips of people?

Videos of people include multiple categories. One of the most popular categories is people engaged in activities, including working, eating, exercising, commuting, walking, talking, and celebrating. Each of these categories can be further broken down. People working include teammates in a group meeting, zoom chats, brainstorm sessions, typing and coding at computers, stocking warehouses, chefs cooking, and conducting job interviews. People commuting includes large city streets full of people walking, riding buses and trains, going through airport security, and getting stuck in traffic. Categories also include a wide range of emotions, from the positive and jovial to the negative and depressed. Find footage of happy people running, eating, enjoying hobbies, and having fulfilling experiences. For those unhappy moments, find footage of people experiencing loneliness, anxiety, seclusion, depression, fear, and anger.

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Video assets to use with people footage

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Using people videos in training videos

  • Training videos have a goal of educating a particular set of skills or knowledge. These videos show and teach topics like employee onboarding, product tutorials, software training, compliance, and more.

  • These videos often use footage of people engaging in both good and bad behavior, so that viewers can understand what is truly expected of them. Search for footage of people based on the type of training video you are creating.

  • Whether it’s software training needing footage of people sitting at their computers or mobile devices, employee onboarding needing footage of people filling out paperwork, or a compliance video showing people putting on face masks, find the footage you need on Shutterstock.

Using people videos in training videos

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