BlackBox Reviews 43

I submitted a demo reel which was accepted, but after that 50-70% of my clips were rejected. I uploaded some fox clips, of which many were rejected for being 'similar to my other clips' ...ok, fair enough. I then upload a drone video of a windmill in the snow and it gets rejected for being 'too similar to my other clips' (what, of foxes?!). I resubmitted the windmill clip with no amendments and it got accepted next time. Why? (probably because it actually got looked at this time as it was on its own). I found that if I uploaded 10-12 clips, always 50-70% would be rejected for either being 'too similar' or for being 'distorted' despite other clips from the same export being accepted. None of it made sense. In the end I uploaded the rejected clips to Shutterstock and Pond5 (who Blackbox upload to) and they all got accepted. So far over 300 clips on Pond5 and no rejections and 90 clips on Shutterstock with no rejections. So I contacted Blackbox asking for my account to be closed and my footage removed so I could upload it directly myself, but it has to stay on their site for 3 years. So total waste of time. Just upload it directly yourself is my advice.

I found my motion graphics clip in BlackBoxGuild portfolio on Shutterstock without my consent. I will be contacting lawyers. I don't recommend contacting this intermediary if you value your work.

Very unprofessional horrible staff and can not read properly contracts aggressive staff members

This site is a SCAM. Yesterday I entered my account and saw my content (Only 132 clips) and profile. After waiting to fulfill my contract terms, I requested the deletion of my content. They replied that they don't have an account under my username, name, or telephone number. TODAY, I cannot log in to their site. Probably they removed the capability to log in but kept the content in the diverse sites.