Ryselist
Agent Training

Film it once.
We do the rest.

How to film your villas and apartments on your phone — no photographer, no shoot day. Follow these simple steps and we'll turn your video into a full set of professional listing photos.

The whole method — the do's and the don'ts

Do these and your footage comes out perfect. Skip them and we can't use it.

01 · Set up your phone

Phone horizontal, wide, eye level

  • Hold the phone horizontal — never vertical (we can't use vertical video)
  • Film wide — switch to your phone's wide-angle lens (the 0.5× setting) so it captures more of the room
  • Hold it at eye level, and film in 4K if your phone allows
  • Keep it flat — tilting up or down bends the walls; flat lets us see the floor and the ceiling
02 · Prep the space

Let the light in — don't clean

  • Open every curtain and blind — all of them
  • Turn on every light — the more light, the better we copy the real colors and textures
  • Don't tidy up — messy bed, clutter, cables, even you in a mirror: leave it, we remove it
03 · How to film a room

Slow, steady, one room at a time

  • Never walk and turn at once — walk with it pointing straight, or stop and slowly look around. Never both (it blurs)
  • Go slow — move like you're half asleep and hold each shot a few seconds
  • Whole room in one shot — step back, go wide, don't film in bits
  • Film big rooms from every corner
  • Film the place as one continuous video — don't stop recording
  • Film every room — even the small ones (laundry, storage, parking)
04 · The money shots

Outside sells it — we make it glow

  • Villas: film all four sides of the house, plus the garden and pool (pool in front, house behind)
  • Apartments: the view is the star — film it from the living-room window and the balcony
  • Cover the living room, kitchen, and dining
  • Just film in daylight — we turn it into a glowing twilight hero shot
Mistake 1

Filming vertically

  • Vertical video looks bad and we can't use it — always film horizontally.
Mistake 2

Walking and turning together

  • Doing both at once blurs everything. Walk, or look around — never both.
Mistake 3

Filming a dark room

  • Open the curtains, turn on the lights, or use your flashlight. Never film in the dark.
Mistake 4

Not filming the whole room

  • If we can't see it, we have to guess. Always show the room wall to wall.
06 · When you're done

Send it the right way

  • Check your settings and film in high quality — 4K if you can
  • Then just upload it to your link or a drive
Ryselist — you film, we do the rest.