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Real Estate Video first attempt - Looking for feedback

 
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Mar 05, 2018 11:30 |  #1

I have been photographing real estate for 5 or 6 years now. This is the first time I have ever attempted video with a DSLR. I used my 7DII and Tokina 11-20 f/2.8.

I was not happy with the drone footage. I forgot to change the settings and even after color correcting in post it still looks a little flat to me. Also, the blinds on some of the windows couldn't be raised so they look blown out.

I used a Laing P-4S stabilizer for the walking part, a Manfrotto MVH502 head for the panning shots, and a DJI Phantom 4 Pro for the aerial video.

This is a service I would like to offer for clients. All their contact info, logos, house info, etc. would be added to the video. The music is just something off Youtube.

Looking for any suggestions how I can improve. This is totally new to me.

Indoor video was shot at f/5.6, 1/60 shutter, and ISO 800-1200 depending on the room.

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Mar 05, 2018 19:23 |  #2

I think you're nitpicking! Looks excellent and will definitely do the job you need it to - the property looks lovely :)

If you're looking to 'improve' the product then my main suggestion would be jump to 4K for the extra fidelity - your HD footage will be sharper from down-res 4K too.


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Oct 04, 2019 20:03 |  #3

Just a small suggestion. I would speed up the movements. It is a little slow. We also shoot real estate and about a year ago started doing video from time to time. Some feedback from our realtors was about keeping the time down and ramping up the movements a little. Peoples attention spans are very limited. One of our Realtors likes to use Instagram and Google business to put out his videos and they have 30 and 60 sec time limits so we do both a full length video, around the 2 minute mark and then cut it down to 30 and 60 sec. When movements from room to room and the pans are that slow I think it would be more difficult to cut them down and still show enough of each clip to represent the home. We are by no means awesome at this yet but just my 2 cents. Take it for what it's worth.




  
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Oct 05, 2019 13:34 |  #4

I have no real estate experience, other than as a homeowner a couple times, and been to a lot of open houses, evaluated a lot of homes.

The various camera movements seem engaging. Perhaps too much time spent there? To LVDJC’s comment, in many video editors you can speed up transitional camera movement, then back to normal speed on arrival in a new room. A very contemporary technique.

What was missing for me was an ultrawide pan of each room that showed four walls. Likewise, an ultrawide pan of the back yard. As soon as we hit the kitchen I really wanted to see a wide pan to understand where it was - only on the last shot do we see that it’s part of a great room space / open to dining, a big room, a nice fireplace.

When the camera goes upstairs you had a good idea to cut past showing the 2nd flight of stairs. More cutting like that - this will help keep duration down. Truth is, we don’t really need to spend time on the first flight of stairs either! it’s a staircase, it looks nice, move on.


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