If you’ve always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a photo or video shoot, you can list your property as a video and/or photo shoot location. Location scouts are always on the lookout for fresh locations other than the usual studio or production sets. However, for your property to get some bookings, you need to market it effectively as a movie, TV, and photo shoot location.
Here’s how you can do it.
- 1.Make the exterior of your property instantly appealing to location scouts.
For your property to be a top choice of location scouts whenever they’re looking for a setting for photo and video shoots, it has to capture their attention the very minute they look at its exterior. If your property looks bland from an outsider’s perspective, it’s time for a makeover.
Here are a few exterior renovation tips that you can apply to prepare your property for an initial ocular inspection:
- Mow the lawn in your front yard.
Mow your lawn to give it a fresh, clean look – unless a shoot demands that you leave the lawn in your front yard untrimmed, such as a horror movie that requires a beat-up property for that scary effect. A well-manicured lawn is often one of the first few things that location scouts would see when browsing through pictures of properties listed as potentially shoot worthy, especially if the project they’re involved in would require lots of outdoor shots.
- Repair any damaged parts
The walls outside your house may already be chipped or even cracked, or its front door may have too many dents and scratches. If the exterior of your property looks terrible, you should repair its walls, front door, porch columns and floorboard, and anything else that needs immediate fixing so that it won’t get rejected by location scouts.
- Give the outside of your house a paint job.
Assuming that your property’s exterior doesn’t have any damaged parts at all, it might still look old in the eyes of a location scout all because your house hasn’t been repainted for a very long time. Apply some fresh paint on the outside of your house to make it more attractive and suitable for shooting purposes.
Don’t expect too much from the people who will book your property to renovate the exterior for you. Yes, they may install props outside your property to help enhance its curb appeal, but those will be taken away after the shoot.
- 2.Make the interior
Whatever photo or video shoot may happen in your property, expect its crew to be more than just four people. Thus, try to rearrange your furniture such that your house would allow more foot traffic. Consider replacing bulky furniture with compact ones to free up a considerable amount of floor space.
- 3.Hire a professional photographer to shoot both the exterior and interior of your property.
While you can technically take photos of your property on your own using your smartphone, the results may be unflattering. Hire a professional home photographer who can take pictures of your property’s exterior and interior in their best light. You can also ask them if they’re down to shoot a short video clip of you conducting a guided tour of your property. Use the photos and videos when you list your property so that location scouts can have a better glimpse of it.
Conclusion
If you’re a British homeowner, you can earn between £225,000 and £300,000 if you rent your property out for a feature-length movie; you can be paid £5,000 per day for an average of 45 to 60 days of shoot. But before you can see those thousands of British pounds, you should do the above-listed tips first on how to market your property as a movie, TV, and photo shoot location. You’ll then have to register it with a trusted London based company who can recommend it to various photographers and location scouts.
