Your House Is Trying To Tell You Something
About a year or so ago, my coworker Anne Moloney and I had an idea. We wanted to create videos to help our customers better understand our products and our brand. So we spent some free time on a hot summer afternoon in the salvage lot filming a proof of concept. After a little editing we had our first informative video about the basics of claw foot tubs. Other folks here got excited and approved our project, giving birth to http://www.rejuvenation.com/advice_ideas/tales.html Tales from Rejuvenation.
We have twelve videos under our belts. Twelve months of product spotlights, installation tips and helpful pointers. Some videos were more challenging than others to film, but ultimately they taught us more about film making in general and video editing specific.
FYI… Moloney and I are nerds.
We are nerds for old hardware, antique lights and popular culture. Total behind-the-scenes movie nuts, in fact. This work project has been an adventure, allowing us to expand our knowledge of old house stuff along with our movie-making skills. So, this year we wanted to stretch out and be more ambitious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJCAKI9Bqls“>Enter the concept of “Your house is trying to tell you something.”
Unlike our previous videos, this one’s more narrative. Sort of a short silent film. A few friends donated their time and their adorable 40′s home in return for bagels and me cleaning their kitchen. (Not a bad trade if you ask me!)
The result is something Moloney and I are both very proud of. We hope you guys like it, too.
Just to give you folks a fun behind-the scenes-look, here are the storyboards for our first video of 2011.
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- Story Board One
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- Story Board Two
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- Story Board Three
Love the videos! Ya’ll are just too fun! Keep up the good work!
Excellent video (Your house is trying to tell you something).What is the name of the back ground music and the artist? I’d like to get the CD. THanks,
Harold
Fantastic video! I just love it! The concept is just so adorable.
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent and super-fun. I’d recommend losing the “Your House Is Trying To Tell You Something” title at the end, as it’s not necessary. Let there be some mystery to the video. It also might be cool to add some scratchiness to the video, like the old short films.
Captivating! Seriously, no words were needed. A great way to for a novice in lighting to become more interested in what Rejuvenation has going on. Great respect for your foresight into what the blog world can be!
this should have been on the superbowl, so well done, just very fun to watch and the plus from using real people instead of actors, you see real neat reactions.
love the stuff, can’t wait to see the next one.
Hey Harold,
The music is “Tango de Manzana,” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Not sure he has a CD… but it’s a great song.
[...] and I approach each installment of Tales from Rejuvenation a little differently. Some, like Your House is Trying to Tell You Something, are scripted and storyboarded within an inch of their lives. Most, like Tails from Rejuvenation, [...]
Haha ! I was thinking, “They need to switch it to color the second she takes the fixture outta the box” AND YOU DID, just like in the Wizard of Oz
Toto, we’re not in Home Depot anymore !
Yes! You totally got it Bryan. Thanks for the comment and love the comparison to the Wizard of Oz. We are definitely NOT in Home Depot anymore.
Stay tuned we’ve got some more fun videos coming your way very soon.
Keep up the good work….these are fun, informative and ENTERTAINING! You guys rock!