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A Beach At Sunset With Clouds Overcast (Malibu, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Sunset Malibu, California, United States 2020
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About this clip

The dark, moody atmosphere highlights soft clouds drifting across the horizon, creating a contemplative and cinematic mood. This vintage-style footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of coastal California in the 2020s, perfect for emotional storytelling, nature documentaries, or ambient background scenes. The natural lighting and grainy texture enhance its authentic, amateur charm.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Modern documentary, travel edit, agency mood reel, or brand film needing a dark Malibu coast insert with reflective ocean light, overcast sky, and an offshore oil platform on the horizon.
Edit role
Use this short clip as a moody transition, opener beat, or closing texture between brighter Malibu beach material and palm-lined campsite coverage from the same collection.
Visual details
The frames show choppy surf in the foreground, a bright silver reflection across dark water, low overcast clouds, a faint distant shoreline or island, an offshore oil platform, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera composition holds a low beach view with surf bands in the foreground, open ocean in the midground, and a level horizon with the platform small against the sky.

Tags

beachsunsetcloudsovercastdarknaturemalibu californiaemotionfootageb-rollcinematographyintroductionkindamateurcurrent4k

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
90 MB
Location
Malibu, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Malibu ocean at sunset with silver light on choppy water, low overcast clouds, an offshore platform near the horizon, and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the clip's dark coastal tone with surf bands and a small platform silhouette offshore. (0:00)
A Malibu sunset view shows the offshore platform centered against low clouds while broken surf lines catch bright reflected light, with no visible people.
This moment keeps the platform small in the background while the reflective water dominates the frame. (0:01)
The Malibu horizon sits under a dark cloud layer as glare spreads across the ocean surface and a distant offshore platform remains visible, with no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the contrast between the dark cloud ceiling and the bright band of reflected sunset light. (0:02)
Malibu surf breaks across the foreground while the offshore platform appears as a small dark structure beyond the bright water, with no visible people.
This frame gives editors a clearer foreground wave layer against the distant industrial silhouette. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.