Property & real estate

Property Walkthrough Video Shot List

A walkthrough is a different job from a cut listing video. It is continuous, it follows a route, and the route has to make architectural sense — a buyer should finish the video understanding how the house fits together.

Plan the route before you pick up the camera. This list is the route, plus the shots that make it readable.

Shots
23
Groups
3
Format
Checklist

The shot list

Route plan

Walk it once with no camera. Decide where you pause and where you turn.

  • 01Approach from the street to the front door
  • 02Through the front door into the hall
  • 03Hall, pausing to show the layout
  • 04Into the main living space
  • 05Living space to kitchen, continuous
  • 06Kitchen, pause and pan
  • 07Back through to the stairs
  • 08Up the stairs, continuous rise
  • 09Landing, pause
  • 10Into each bedroom and back out
  • 11Into each bathroom and back out
  • 12Down and out to the garden
  • 13Garden walk and final wide

Movement technique

  • 14Slow, even walking pace throughout
  • 15Doorway reveal into each room — hold before entering
  • 16Pause of 3–4 seconds in each main space
  • 17Smooth 180° pan in large rooms
  • 18Rise up the staircase without bobbing
  • 19Reverse walk out of dead-end rooms

Supporting shots

  • 20Static wide of each main room, to cut in
  • 21Detail inserts for features
  • 22Exterior establishing at the start
  • 23Aerial pull-back at the end

Tips for this kind of shoot

  • Walk the route twice before rolling. The second walk is where you notice the door that opens the wrong way.
  • Pause in every room. Continuous motion with no pauses gives a buyer nowhere to look.
  • Film static wides of every room as well. They are what you cut to when the walk wobbles.

Use this list on your next shoot

Storeyz keeps your shots in story order for planning and regroups them by location for the day — then you tick them off on your phone as you get them.

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