Neighborhood Guide
A 16:9 1920x1080, 40-second, six-scene area guide for real-estate agents farming a neighbourhood — a card about the area rather than a listing (the schools, the commute, the coffee, the trail three streets up). The film runs cover, what it's like, highlight 01, highlight 02, highlights 03+04 as a shared typographic spread, then the agent sign-off, alternating strictly between paper (#F7F4EE) and ink (#1D1D1B) grounds with slate blue as the only accent, set in Lora for statement lines, Public Sans for body copy and JetBrains Mono for furniture. 24 dynamic fields swap per render in three edit rhythms: the area (neighborhood_name, city_line, neighborhood_intro, photo_hero, photo_street), the highlights (highlight_1..4_label/_title/_detail plus photo_1 and photo_2), and the agent block that is written once and reused across every area (agent_name, agent_title, agent_contact, closing_line, agent_photo). neighborhood_name drives six appearances from a single variable — a 150px Lora display on the cover and five uppercased mono furniture lines elsewhere — so one row per neighbourhood in a sheet yields one render per area.
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 · Horizontal
- Duration
- ~40s
- Category
- Real Estate
What you can customize
This template exposes 24 dynamic fields you can swap per video — edit them in the editor or pass them to the API to batch-render variations at scale. The monospace name is the exact key to send in replacements.
Photo Hero
urlphoto_herohttps://images.pexels.com/photos/34927549/pexels-photo-34927549.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=760&h=1080
Neighborhood Name
textneighborhood_nameMaplewood Village
~29 characters max · 2 lines
City Line
textcity_lineMaplewood, New Jersey
~50 characters max · 1 line
Agent Name
textagent_nameNora Whitfield
~47 characters max · 1 line
Photo Street
urlphoto_streethttps://images.pexels.com/photos/31094777/pexels-photo-31094777.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=1920&h=1080
Neighborhood Intro
textneighborhood_introA twenty-eight-minute train to Manhattan, and a main street you can still walk to in slippers.
~182 characters max · 4 lines
Photo 1
urlphoto_1https://images.pexels.com/photos/8500421/pexels-photo-8500421.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=840&h=1080
Highlight 1 Label
texthighlight_1_labelSchools
~58 characters max · 1 line
Highlight 1 Title
texthighlight_1_titleThree you can walk to
~41 characters max · 2 lines
Highlight 1 Detail
texthighlight_1_detailClinton, Tuscan and Seth Boyden all sit inside a mile of the village, and the district buses anything further than that.
~242 characters max · 4 lines
Photo 2
urlphoto_2https://images.pexels.com/photos/36627422/pexels-photo-36627422.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=840&h=1080
Highlight 2 Label
texthighlight_2_labelThe commute
~58 characters max · 1 line
Highlight 2 Title
texthighlight_2_title28 minutes to Penn Station
~39 characters max · 2 lines
Highlight 2 Detail
texthighlight_2_detailMidtown Direct runs every twelve minutes at peak — no change at Newark, and a seat most mornings if you board before 7:40.
~217 characters max · 4 lines
Highlight 3 Label
texthighlight_3_labelCoffee & food
~49 characters max · 1 line
Highlight 3 Title
texthighlight_3_titleNine independents in four blocks
~50 characters max · 2 lines
Highlight 3 Detail
texthighlight_3_detailThe good espresso is at the corner of Baker and Highland. The Saturday queue outside is for the bakery next door, not the coffee.
~217 characters max · 4 lines
Highlight 4 Label
texthighlight_4_labelGreen space
~49 characters max · 1 line
Highlight 4 Title
texthighlight_4_titleTwo thousand acres, three streets up
~50 characters max · 2 lines
Highlight 4 Detail
texthighlight_4_detailSouth Mountain Reservation starts at the top of the hill — trails, a dog run, and the loop most of the block runs on Sundays.
~227 characters max · 4 lines
Closing Line
textclosing_lineI’ve lived here eleven years. Ask me anything about it.
~111 characters max · 4 lines
Agent Photo
urlagent_photohttps://images.pexels.com/photos/29811345/pexels-photo-29811345.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=400&h=400
Agent Title
textagent_titleBroker · Maplewood & South Orange
~47 characters max · 1 line
Agent Contact
textagent_contactnora@whitfieldco.com · (973) 555-0148
~59 characters max · 1 line
Render it from the API
Copy either call below. Both already carry this template's ID and its real variable keys — swap the values for your own.
1. Preview it — free
Same body as a render. Costs no credits, creates no job. Returns a public URL that plays the video in a browser, plus a list of problems with your payload — a mistyped key is otherwise ignored in silence.
curl -X POST https://renderly.video/api/v1/previews \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDERLY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"templateId": "neighborhood-guide",
"replacements": {
"photo_hero": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/34927549/pexels-photo-34927549.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=760&h=1080",
"neighborhood_name": "Maplewood Village",
"city_line": "Maplewood, New Jersey",
"agent_name": "Nora Whitfield",
"photo_street": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/31094777/pexels-photo-31094777.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=1920&h=1080",
"neighborhood_intro": "A twenty-eight-minute train to\nManhattan, and a main street you can\nstill walk to in slippers."
}
}'2. Render it
Change one word in the URL. Keep templateId — it is what links your call to this template, so later improvements reach you automatically.
curl -X POST https://renderly.video/api/v1/renders \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDERLY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"templateId": "neighborhood-guide",
"replacements": {
"photo_hero": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/34927549/pexels-photo-34927549.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=760&h=1080",
"neighborhood_name": "Maplewood Village",
"city_line": "Maplewood, New Jersey",
"agent_name": "Nora Whitfield",
"photo_street": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/31094777/pexels-photo-31094777.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&w=1920&h=1080",
"neighborhood_intro": "A twenty-eight-minute train to\nManhattan, and a main street you can\nstill walk to in slippers."
}
}'The body above shows 6 of 24 variables. Send any subset — every key you leave out renders its authored default. Read the full contract, with character limits, from GET /api/v1/templates/neighborhood-guide/variables. See the previewing guide, the rendering guide, or the OpenAPI spec.
Frequently asked questions
How do I customize the Neighborhood Guide template?
Open the template in the Renderly editor and replace its 24 customizable fields (such as Photo Hero) with your own text, images, or video. Every change previews instantly before you render.
How much does it cost to render this template?
Rendering is credit-based — 1 credit equals 1 minute of 1080p video. You only pay when you export, and credits never expire on the pay-as-you-go plan.
Can I generate this video at scale via the API?
Yes. POST this template's ID and a replacements object to /api/v1/renders — one call per row of data, 24 fields swappable per video. Send the same body to /api/v1/previews first to check it for free. No-code integrations like Zapier work the same way.
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