Love your work, and will continuous play your YouTube channel on the big screen tonight. May have to trade my glidecam for a dolly!

Great post. BUt I’m not impressed that you forgot to add me to the list of videographers here. At least add me as the sole Canadian to the list: http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoToursToronto

Great post!

Cheers,
Peter

As a former producer/editor of video for broadcast I’ll try to answer some of your concerns. We started out with virtually no knowledge of video production but after only a month of experimenting we were able to produce a short commercial and after 6 months produced our first feature-length documentary which aired on public TV and received honors at film festivals here and abroad. I guess what I’m trying to say is.. you don’t have to be a veteran film maker to produce good short videos. In fact, anyone who can afford a camcorder or still camera that also shoots video can string together a great movie in Windows Movie Maker complete with music, transitions, effects and captioning.
As for shooting video on location, experience does go a long way but I will tell you that if you are going to do a real estate shoot definitely use a tripod and pan your shots or shoot stationary as that will eliminate the use of a steady cam. You can also create movement in your editor if necessary. Creativity is a big plus… make use of your focus control to create interesting effects and employ unique angles. Always shoot plenty of area footage for cut-ins… One of the biggest problems we had was lack of good cut-ins. Shoot lots of local scenic footage because when it comes to the editing you never have enough. As documentarians, we filmed lots of interviews and these can be incorporated into your video as well. Allow your listing agent to talk about the property to add interest. There are many ways to accomplish this and the safest way is to set it up in advance. In filmwork the camera shoots over the shoulder of interviewer so that the subject is not looking directly into the camera. This works very well for stationary commentary but you can also incorporate movement as long as the panning is smooth. Lighting set-ups can be very elaborate and usually are so unless you have professional lighting equipment it would be best to avoid bad lighting situations or shoot around them as best you can.
As for delivery of real estate videos I would discuss this with your agents as they do take longer to film and process.

Unless I have the knowledge to do a bang up job, I won’t be offering video, although I really really want to.

I hope the Nikon D400 has 1080p capture for as long as storage capacity allows.