Got a photogenic house?
If you think your house might make an interesting backdrop for a video, contact freelance producer Lisa Stark at noogextra@gmail.com.
Normally, the streets inside the gated Heritage Landing community on the Tennessee River are clear and quiet, except for the occasional landscaping crew.
However, on a recent Friday afternoon, trucks, cars and rental vans are lined up on the street. A couple of EZ-up tents are crowded together at the top of the driveway to keep the rain out.
Underneath are prep tables and gas grills. Inside the garage is a makeshift editing bay with monitors and computers manned by an engineer. In the house are more prep tables covered with food watched over by more technicians. Cables snake from the garage to the kitchen. Even on a rainy day, the kitchen feels open and airy. It’s plenty spacious for a home cook, but with five members of the crew, plus a large camera and tripod, lighting and rigging for overhead shots, the room is full.
With a gas cooktop on the counter against one wall and an induction cooktop on the island, the layout makes it a perfect fit for the shot, producers say. Their goal is to shoot one video showing how to use cast iron on an induction stove and another to introduce Lodge’s stoneware line.