The phrase "against footage" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express opposition or contrast to a specific video or visual material, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The documentary presented arguments against footage that misrepresents historical events."
Alternatives: "in contrast to the footage" or "opposed to the footage".
The Unthanks have just performed the West Indian sea shanty John Dead, against footage of the bay in winter.
"The camera makes me feel like I am protected," Mr Burnat says against footage of soldiers beating Palestinian protesters, "but I know this is an illusion".
"If we could start again, what kind of world would we build?" the narrator asked, against footage of hills dense with Sitka spruce.
Posing against footage of dying birds and spooky owls, Ms. Warby does more than question ideals of beauty: she takes the image of the swan and unleashes its power.
Later this year, thousands of Olympians will march into London under flapping flags, and the global TV audience will be treated to a romanticized version of the city, with helicopter shots of Big Ben competing for time against footage of Buckingham Palace guards staring stone-faced into the distance and double-decker buses bouncing unsteadily through too-narrow streets.
The vulnerability of the lone individual is evoked through a solo pianist, tinkling mournfully against footage of an exploding tower block, and by Shechter himself, howling into a microphone – his body twitching, caving and flailing in an intense lone protest against the vast backdrop of the band.
Each one is shown against archive footage of classrooms in American high schools during the 1960s and 1970s.
A choreographic fusion of flamenco, jazz, folk and classical ballet plays out against video footage of 1930s New York.
"I checked it against my footage and knew it was mine when I looked at the placement of rocks in the foreground," Petho (seen above) told HuffPost, who he said was the first media organization to respond to his concerns.
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