Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

The Real DailyThe Real Daily

Real Estate Marketing

Zillow walk-through parody video reiterates for the trillionth time why quality matters

What good is previewing your home with a walk-through video tour if the quality drums up images of a B-movie slasher film?

zillow

Well – The Zillow Walk-Through parody video (go watch now so you understand everything after this point) isn’t going to win an Oscar, that’s for sure, but the video underscores how important it is to produce a well-thought out sequence of shots that shows stable video of the property in question and is reasonably lit.

Believe me when I tell you, even though you are showing a house, there is still a story that involves a beginning, middle, and end. Shooting poorly composed video with a smart phone that looks like it was shot during a earthquake on the San Andreas Fault is not going to any agents any bonus points or make for a quicker sale.

Lights, camera, action!

According to Geekwire, “Agents will be able to create the videos through a new feature in the Zillow Premier Agent App. The feature gives the agents the ability to shoot the video in segments, to create a smooth video tour of the home. The clips will be soundless and no more than 2 minutes in length. Built-in video stabilization will be added later.”

In addition, homeowners and photographers will be able to create video tours through the Zillow Real Estate App, for approval by the agent before uploading. Cool move!

Quiet on the set!

On the flipside, here’s an example of a walk-through video done correctly:

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

Regardless of my personal feelings as a consumer toward video, the video walkthroughs are the most recent way that Zillow is seeking to modernize the real estate sector through the use of technology.

I just wish the agents hopping on board would stop using Halloween II as their template.

#EEEEK

Written By

Nearly three decades living and working all over the world as a radio and television broadcast journalist in the United States Air Force, Staff Writer, Gary Picariello is now retired from the military and is focused on his writing career.

Advertisement

The Daily Intel
in your inbox

Subscribe and get news and EXCLUSIVE content to your email inbox.

Advertisement

KEEP READING!

Real Estate Marketing

(REAL ESTATE MARKETING) Vidjet is a new video player for websites that use pop-ups to help online merchants increase audience engagement and conversation rates.

Real Estate Marketing

(MARKETING NEWS) After the Steiner Ranch HOA sent an email to residents telling kids to stop playing in the cul-de-sac, Smyser posted an extremely...

Real Estate Brokerage

(BROKERAGE NEWS) December 28th is the busiest real estate search day of the year - this strategy could be your competitive advantage.

Real Estate Marketing

(MARKETING NEWS) Getting high quality video and photos out while you're in the field is tough without extra gear, a laptop and so forth....

Advertisement

The Real Daily is honest, up to the minute real estate industry news crafted for industry practitioners - we cut through the pay-to-play news fluff to bring you what's happening behind closed doors, what's meaningful to your practice, and what to expect in the future. We're your competitive advantage. The American Genius, LLC Copyright © 2005-2023