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Propvid.tv Sets A High Standard For Property Video

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Larry Lohrman

As a still photographer I’ve have difficulty getting into many of the property vids being done for real estate because of all the quality compromises currently necessary with vid. However, when I recently came across this property vid done by Brad Clements of propvid.tv a property vid company in Australia, I was stunned. This by far the best real estate property vid I’ve seen.

Brad is an ex-Hollywood cameraman that worked on big Hollywood films but got home sick for Australia and went back home and started Propvid a company based in Sydney, Melborne, The Gold Coast and Brisbane.

This vid may load slower than you are used to because it’s a large HD file loading off a server in Australia but it’s worth the wait. There is a lower quality version on youtube.

This particular video has won awards for one of the best property vids done in Australia. The lady in the vid is not a model, she is Kristine Lehmann with The Professionals Bonifont Group, the listing agent for Reflection Tower Two at Coolangatta, QLD. Brad has restored my confidence in the potential of property videos.

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  • http://www.zillow.com Drew Meyers

    I checked out the video the other day. All I have to say is — why am I not living in Australia??

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  • http://www.vid2r.com Marianne Yates

    This is definitely an impressive video. But you’d be hard pressed to find many agents willing to pay upwards of $2500 for a virtual tour. This one was definitely paid for by the developer. Their lower end packages are no better than the videos we produce, which are more in line with what agents are willing/able to spend and still good quality.

  • http://www,propvid.tv Brett Clements

    Thankyou Larry. It is actually Brett Clements but Brad is better than Bert. Anyway. Thankyou for your compliments. Reflections was at the high end of our product offers. I disagree with Marianne Yates who says our lower end products are no better than virtual tours. Seriously. We shot High Definition Pictures, packed with lifestyle and aerials; we see Agents move through time and space. With audio commentary and music. For as little as $250 AUS. I believe any form of video knocks the socks off virtual tours which use almost fish-eye lenses to give a false perspective on the property. Then again. I don’t sit at home and watch photographs on my television. But thanks for your comments. Always appreciated.

  • http://www.vid2r.com Marianne Yates

    Hi Brett,
    I actually said that the lower end packages aren’t any better than our VIDEO tours, not virtual (i hate stitched photos). And I wasn’t trying to knock your product, I think it’s absolutely impressive. I just find it irritating that many critics of video don’t seem to like anything but super high production quality video that most agents just can’t afford. But they always talk about TurnHere, etc. We offer very affordable video tours that are of great quality, but without the high end production costs that come with it, so that they can be affordable for your average agent. That’s all I was saying. I’m sorry if it came across as a knock down to your product, which was certainly not my intent.

  • http://www,propvid.tv Brett Clements

    That’s OK Marianne. I think, because of the market we serve, there will always be a perception we’re not good film-makers. That perception will change, over time (one hopes). Turnhere started off making property videos and diversified. We started out as Smash! Pop! back in late 2003 early 2004. Today, we are starting to diversify but we aren’t seeing a problem with Vendors paying good money for good quality. The Reflection vid was $12k. And it was financed by a developer. But we shoot about one 10k job a month, and most are commissioned by Vendors who see more benefit in having a great production online and working for 12 months, than an ad in the newspaper – which is gone with the flip of a page. The bulk of our productions run about $800. So. I think its changing but I also think it is important we don’t cheapen video but putting absurd price tags on it. Giving it away will only see us shoot ourselves in the foot when in comes to upgrading equipment, paying better salaries etc. So. I’m think we’re on the same page. Good luck with everything.

  • http://www.homebuysblog.com Ted Mackel

    The most common comment I get from buyers in my cars is…… “this house look much better in the pictures on the internet”

    All the photographer did for the listing agent and sellers is create a let down in a potential buyer. If your pictures overstate reality then you just did a huge diservice to your sellers.

    Video is going to be the same. Make the house realistic. Give the buyers something to be excited about when they arrive.

    Artsy types don’t get it. Whe you photograph or video a home think like a buyer and not a media company.

  • http://www.onestopview.com christopher

    Isn’t making the house more realistic a plus if you have a decent product to market? Maybe a client doesn’t live close by to take an actual viewing and would appreciate an online viewing? Nothing better that turning up at a property and it is nicer than you imagined, but it’s getting the client there which is the tricky issue and in todays market it certainly will not get any simplier. So video tours can offer the marketing of property online a new dimension in order to stimulate interest from potential clients. We offer free advertising for all property for sale that use video footage to aid in marketing, we wish to prove that video property tours are the way forward.

    Thanks,
    Christopher W

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  • Anonymous

    It is clear that the guy is a real professiona that knows exactly what he is doing. Maybe Australia actually needed him to go home so he can start his company. Maybe that was his destiny.

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