[Shawn Speller]

Thank you Sareesh,I will definitely will check out your guide. After some more research I think I am going to buy a rig with the most basic of setups then buy the parts I need to customize it.

[Shawn Speller]

“I want to get into real estate video, what’s the best way” is my main focus.

Thanks everyone for the reply, a lot more of a response than I expected. Ok I am going to try to reply to all of the above in one shot starting from the top.

Tim, Yes I have considered the obvious to shoot a demo of my own home, the fear was however it would not mesh with the target market I was going for being a small two bedroom bungalow, but at this point with the success I have had with contacting sales reps or lack there of, it may be an inevitability if I want to do this right. I am beginning in December with my local chamber of commerce, other community involvement as business Shawn has not been fully thought through although personal Shawn has done a lot of community volunteering in the past, it is something that almost seems like an essential to get your name out there in any field. I have been informed that most real estate professionals in the area have a networking meeting once a week it was my plan to see if I can get into one of those meetings and give one hell of a 10 minuet presentation including of course a demo of my work. What are your thoughts would it be wise to do this or hit them off individually? Hustling I believe is almost a fact of life for any freelancer, I had an idea of how much would be involved with selling to a salesman and your story has just put a lot more emphasis on it for me.

To clear up a few things with everyone. Real estate isn’t my only schtick, my focus is split between that and corporate video and weddings which is what I have done for years now, on the side and for firms. Where I live is smack dab in the middle of Canada’s cottage country where all the “big shots” from the major cities like Toronto and Ottawa spend their summers. With some research and just living here for the past 5 years I have seen the average cottage up here go for north of $700,000….no pun intended if you can find it. So my thought was, people are buying property up here and live 3+ hours away, what better way for these guys to show their property than an “epic” video. I knew that this line of work would involve A LOT of footwork from smoozing with realtors, to the actual production process and if anything your replies have solidified that thought. My thought is I see a market that can be created here that no one else is doing at the moment and I am going into it 110% because I would rather give it all I have and go down in flames rather than half ass it and get no where. To be honest I love a challenge.

Time has been a factor I have struggled with a bit and tell me if this is out of line I was thinking a 3 day turnaround on each video. Within 3 days of the shoot their video will be online and hand delivered on dvd.

I will have to revisit this again tonight and add a little more to the discussion but I do very much appreciate the advice everyone, thanks again. I do love Ned’s quote “Go for the business where you maximize your revenue with the least amount of time spent, monies outlaid and physical effort.”

Isn’t that the goal of everyone in the world of business? 🙂 If I knew where an undiscovered oil field is laying I would be the first person out there with my straw.

[Shawn Speller]

Haha I like the T2. Very good point todd thanks, I have done some light searching on these names and the latter half of the list seems to be pretty free. You think you have a somewhat original idea then 2 seconds of google just shatters that lol. For what it’s worth the S2 should be rather S² if that changes anything.

[Shawn Speller]

I like your points, Thanks!

[Shawn Speller]

Very good point Rich, I threw around a few other endings to it like works,films but media does roll smoothly. Thanks!

[Shawn Speller]

Thamks a lot steve this thread has been a lot of help. I currently have my batch encode going, after a little trouble shooting with media encoder and their disk full error when i have 4.7tb at my disposal, but non the less the files are coming out dandy. I can’t wait to begin editing this especially since the client wants it friday, lots of coffee and long days ahead of me.

[Shawn Speller]

Ah yes I am working from fcp6, so I will have to just go with prores 222, now as a test I did however use the H.264 codec exporting a mov from adobe media encoder then editing with that, In fcp it doesn’t look too different just a little darker but half the file size, is this a no no?

[Shawn Speller]

Thanks bart now will prores lt or proxy maintain the quality of the original footage?

[Shawn Speller]

Thanks steve, would you suggest keeping it 1440x1080for the edit the export from fcp 1280×720 video. Also when you say export a reference video you mean selecting export as a qt movie opposed to qt conversion right? I haven’t used this method too much before, do you have any tips for the settings in export as qt movie?

[Shawn Speller]

Ok awesome I do have adobe media encoder but never used it before. what settings do you suggest and should i leave the dimension at 1440×1080 or when i use encoder should i make my switch to 1280×720.