Comments on: Bare Essentials For Creating Real Estate Video

By: Andy Mooers

Andy Mooers — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:32:45 +0000

The experience is suppose to transport the buyers many time zones away or the local guy who watches the video 20 times to see how it is all fit. And that sends the link to his parents, uncle bob who is making the down payment and like what they see, hear about. Video is motion, stills are static glimpses and no matter now much powerpoint zoom in and out, the slide show is not a full motion real video.

By: ScottKCooper

ScottKCooper — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:49:34 +0000

Panasonic just released a “ready for u-tube” hd camcorder – at first I thought – there you go, I’ll pick up one of these to start out, and take care of the clients looking for u-tube videos of the clients homes – then I thought oh, the realtors themselves will pick up something like this and do it themselves. It is 5mp effective and likely production value will be low, but I’m guessing it will be a hit. Here is the link if I’m allowed to do this: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Ultra-thin-Pocket-Camcorder-Enabled/dp/B003WOLM62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1281451170&sr=8-1

By: Mason Trullinger

Mason Trullinger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:26:59 +0000

One other technique that I’m going to try the next time I shoot video for real estate on my 7D is to shoot 720p at 60fps and then slow that down to 24fps in premiere to smooth out the wobbles and normal shaky. Since video for real estate interiors won’t need to worry about objects around that house that are in motion, the viewer shouldn’t even be able to tell that the footage is overcranked.

By: ScottKCooper

ScottKCooper — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:59:41 +0000

Thank you so much for the post! I can see us all running through the properties with our iPhones “pulling us along” at arms length!

By: Geoff Captain

Geoff Captain — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:26:56 +0000

I would also highly recommend watching Phillip Blooms work, such as this video: http://vimeo.com/10110141

Although he makes much use out of slow motion and dreamy music, he shows that you don’t need to wildly pan, glide or roll to make compelling visuals. For shooting a home with relatively static shots to give you the ‘essence’ of the home and neighborhood, I think this works well.