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Show HN: We made a low-budget ‘how it works’ video. What do you think?

34 pointsby Jmetz1almost 12 years ago
http://youtu.be/nT8xXIdwDGo

12 comments

modfodderalmost 12 years ago
My critiques (as a film professional).<p>1. The first 3 shots are very warm, then the 4th shot, a wide in the same location is cool, followed by another warm shot. Not a huge mistake, but annoying for me as it&#x27;s jarring.<p>2. The storytelling is a bit lacking. She seems annoyed at having no laundry, but I don&#x27;t get the feeling that she&#x27;s too busy for it. I&#x27;d rather see her rushing around in the morning trying to find something clean to wear. Also, once the laundry is picked up, show how busy her day is. She gets home, the laundry is delivered, then she can collapse on the couch in front of the tv or with a good book, or conversely she pulls out the little black dress from newly delivered laundry for a night out on the town. Considering the most likely customer they are either a very busy professional or someone who doesn&#x27;t have to work. The latter would typically not be attracted to a representation that shows them to bored to do laundry, they imagine themselves as busy (and if children are involved often are).<p>And I agree that the cookie should be a surprise, don&#x27;t give it away in the video.<p>All in all for probably very little money, you have a nice video. Nothing that&#x27;s going to win awards or go viral, but it gets the point across.
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noname123almost 12 years ago
I like the video, reminds me of a porn scene with a really hot mom and hunky delivery guy, even the soundtrack sounds like a 70&#x27;s porn tune. She is bored and unsatisfied with the domestic chores, but the Washio-man is coming over to deliver and put her at ease! With the innuendo of the deed in progress and completion in the form of a iPhone Washio in-progress and completion indicator. Very well done, I think it appeals a lot to the unconscious mind.
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autoreversealmost 12 years ago
Congrats on the vid.<p>I&#x27;m interested in the use of 477 key phrases in the keywords meta tag. Is keyword stuffing no longer penalized by Google?<p>FYI <a href="https://www.getwashio.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getwashio.com&#x2F;</a> brings an &quot;Insecure information&quot; &#x2F; &quot;Connection Partially Encrypted&quot; warning in Seamonkey &#x2F; Firefox. Not a major issue but might irk some visitors.
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WestCoastJustinalmost 12 years ago
Clickable link @ <a href="http://youtu.be/nT8xXIdwDGo" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;nT8xXIdwDGo</a><p>For anyone interested, this is about Washio (<a href="https://www.getwashio.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getwashio.com&#x2F;</a>), a Dryclean and Laundry Delivered service, and the video is about How it Works.
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wusatiukalmost 12 years ago
the video, if it is self-made, is really good. possible the one or another scene i would make a little different, but generally it´s awesome.<p>some further thoughts: the cookie should be a surprise, and nothing which is getting usual... with such small things you can surprise your customer again and again.<p>when it comes to your landing page:<p>- please make the button clickable.<p>- make the &quot;try now&quot;+ zip code entry above the fold + video smaller<p>- add a price table which looks more professional<p>- add a discount &#x2F; free trial to the first order<p>- add the notify me directly after zip input, if service not available. if you get featured somewhere in a huge magazine, you will use thousands of potential leads here.
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dcolganalmost 12 years ago
When the url flashed up on screen at the end, I felt compelled to go to your site, so I&#x27;d say it worked. Very since production quality for a low-budget video. I would be highly tempted to use this service if I lived in the areas you are servicing. Nice job!
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viennacoderalmost 12 years ago
The video is good, but I would strongly suggest changing your brand to something whose domain you can buy. Hopefully you can get washio.com, because to be honest getwashio.com is really not a good domain. It&#x27;s arguably worse than thefacebook.com.
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jamesrcolealmost 12 years ago
Nice job, but I thought it had a peculiar choice of music. It doesn&#x27;t seem to fit the demographic or setting shown in the video.
slateralmost 12 years ago
Shouldn&#x27;t it read &quot;En route&quot; @0:35?
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nejalmost 12 years ago
Good promo video. I clicked through after I saw the cookie. Nothing like eating a cookie while someone else does your laundry lol.
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Avalaxyalmost 12 years ago
I think it&#x27;s pretty professional and clear. I don&#x27;t know much about video editing, but as a normal person it looks nice.
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sromalmost 12 years ago
Slick! I&#x27;m curious, how much time and money did you spend for making this video?
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