Major Website Facelift

Hello and welcome back :)

We have done a complete overhaul and tweaking to the site and I am really excited about what this means for the future business for Jumble Studios. 

I was receiving a lot of feed back from friends, colleagues, and clients about the site and asking them the "who/what/why" questions and genuinely how the felt about it. Here's what I was receiving:

• The site looks really professional, I thought your company was a massive organization.
  
• I like it but it's hard for me to know specifically what you do.
  
• Your pricing section is very difficult to understand.
  
• I never knew the true quality of your product, this video has gone above and beyond my expectations.
  

With that feedback along with some very detailed reports from 'Google Analytics', I was seeing a trend that was very inspiring and at the same time very confusing to me.

Jumble Studios has a very high visitor count, for a site this size, as well has very impressive stats about how long people visit my site and what pages they view and in what order. This information was very detailed and specific - it allowed me to see where my visitors were going and where they were leaving...

From the information I gathered I felt it was time to revamp how I looked at things. I decided to focus on ONE key point - 'What does my customer want?' , not What do I want my customer to want... Very big difference, and I decided this:

• My customer wants to have very specific pricing structure
• They want to know exactly what we do and how we're different
• Emotionally driven choices rather than price as a bottom line factor
• More details and specifics

Conclusion:

Check out the pricing page and I think you'll get a good idea about all four of those points. It is very dynamic, very specific, drills down to the core of what makes our videos stand out, and finally gives you a way to present it all so we can communicate all the little things thereafter.

One thing I noticed about my competitors is that they have this long, ridiculous form you have to fill out where you need to know exactly what you want when you order - nowhere does it ask you how you want your viewers to feel, nowhere does it ask you any sort of emotion. I feel that this major change coupled with a lot of updates to the 'what we do' portion is going to help explain Who/What/Why in a much more user-friendly fashion.

So, check it out and drop me a line - What do you think?

-Mathew Komyanek-

     Jumble Studios

Over Seas

Jumble Readers,

My newest prospect has turned into my most accomplished project thus far.

I was contacted by a lovely woman here in Tampa, who is originally from Germany. She has a beautiful mother, still living in Germany, who was about to be surprised by a DVD created by us.
The biggest catch, and the point of today's blog post, is how I would accomplish a multi-national video while keeping the integrity of the original composition with the format here in the states. Let's start with a little information.

Here in America, as well as a few select other countries, we have a format for video that is slightly different from the rest of the, well... world. Here we have a format that is called 'NTSC'; this format is different in the fact that is has a lower frame rate. The other format for most everyone else, including Germany, is called 'PAL' formatting which also is slightly different. NTSC has a frame rate of 29.97 fps , or as some will refer to as an even 30 frames per second, while PAL has a frame rate of 25 fps. These differences may not seem like much, but in reality they are drastically different.

What I can say about international formatting is that the differences may seem miniscule, however are very drastic. We must understand that while the conversion isn't 'easy' it is very possible. What we must stress is that we must know about the conversion before hand. Certain transitions and video styles are specifc to each formatting.

What I'm trying to say is, we are very excited about the new ability to international standards. And this is a very proud accomplishment.

PAL formatting - the newest additive to our many features here at Jumble Studios.

-Mathew Komyanek
JumbleStudios.com

It's been awhile!

Busy Busy Busy,

The website has brought in a lot of business and with that comes setbacks to the website.
We have devoted a lot of time to many miscellaneous jobs and very creative works - and it's that time again to revamp and give our site a face lift.

I'm not sure how many people make it to our blog and read what we have to say and what's happening, but none the less - we move on.

A lot of technical upgrades have occurred since the last post:

1. We have a new web host! A much faster web host, at that. New visitors won't notice, but our speeds allow for a much more streamlined visit and considerably faster page loads. (this also helps with image transfer rates as well to, and from, the customer)
   
2. We have some new equipment that bring us that much closer to the cutting edge, such as: Better sound equipment, a new drawing tablet, and extra network security at the office.
   
3. A new upgrade allows us, internally, to cache downloads from the web and increase our work flow speed; ultimately a benefit to you, the customer.
   

Lastly, we plan on changing the pricing page dramatically. I have been given a lot of input and constructive criticism on the issue. Soon a new and improved, and hopefully more interactive, pricing section will be available.

Please check back and see what's in store!

-Mathew Komyanek
--Jumblestudios

A Vicarious Valentine Video

We’re a twelfth of the way into 2007 and just a week away from Valentine’s Day. Because we specialize in memorials and tributes – rarely do we get the privilege of expressing the emotion of love between a couple in the building of their relationship. This year we were grateful to get the opportunity to do exactly that.

A young man stopped by the studio with a hand full of pictures and gobs of video! He practically had the work done for us - or so we thought. Generally most of what we do relies on creating the illusion of motion with static images, while in this case we had to do the exact opposite. The outcome of this video was amazing.

For the first time we had to reverse the process of motion and had the chance to give a totally unique illusion and effect that we’ve never done before. The feelings that overwhelm you while seeing this montage could never be put into words – I’m so proud of what we do.

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, give us a call! Help us make video-graphic history and a memory preserved in time for you.


From all of us here at JumbleStudios –
Happy Valentines Day!

Our 2007 Competitive Advantage

I was reading an article about an author who interviewed a lot of CEO’s about their competitive advantage’s and how most CEO’s couldn’t list them all for their companies. In the service industry a competitive advantage is very important. It’s what brings the customers and keeps them coming back.

Luckily, as CEO of Jumble Studios, I can list our advantages and explain why you, as the customer, would want to do business with us.

Our….

• Caring attitude that we put into each montage we create evokes emotion that shows in our work.
  
• Ability to work with the families is a key component to making a montage that fits you. Most of our montages are memorial specific – a tribute of someone’s past. And working with families is a key to bringing the lost back to life and expressing what you’ll never forget.
  
• Cutting edge technology sets us apart from the competition ten fold. Our creative designers are highly trained and have many years with hands on work with the industry standard software we use. We don’t use cookie-cut software that does the work for us and cuts out any creative control. We make the motion and emotion with every frame.
  
• Professional creativity drastically sets us apart. Setting everything aside, our know-how, our professionalism, our industry expertise… there’s nothing that says more about our competitive advantage than our unparalleled creativity. Several of us at Jumble Studios are amateur photographers and work with professional photographers on a regular basis. We see the little things that make the big picture and respect every pixel of your memories.
  
• Turn around time can make the difference. Memorial specific orders come with our “Priority Wake Option” which gives you a temporary package to view at the wake/funeral ceremony while your final montage is created. This takes the waiting time out and still gives us plenty of time to make your memorial perfect.

For us to simply list what sets us apart is really useless, as our preview demonstrations show what could never be put into words. Because of this I ask you to take a challenge, test our advantages and make them your own.

And to our competitors… What are yours?

Mathew Komyanek,
-CEO JumbleStudios

The great break!

Hello and welcome,

I hope everyone is enjoying their break, perhaps the greatest break of the year!
While most of you get paid for the time off- we, however, do not... But we enjoyed every minute of it :)

First off Merry Christmas to all and I'm sure everyone had a wonderful time and put smiles on everyone’s faces this year. I had the privilege to give my grandma a hand made DVD of their life in motion. The video starts off as a though it’s been produced for the big screen - it has the look of serenity and happiness while evoking childhood emotions with the movements and tempo. Although the movie is a memorial and technically should be sad and/or depressing... It's far from!

I'm sure the majority of anybody reading this has no idea who Maybelle & Jack Oney are nor would sincerely feel about them how I feel. With that said, by watching our video you will feel as though you've known them your whole life and if you could see yourself watching it, you'd have big smile on your face. I guarantee it!

The movie, titled "Jack and Maybelle Oney - The Movie", is just under seven minutes long and close to a hundred pictures total. Each picture was re-mastered and drastically brought back to life. Most of the images were scanned poorly by family members in a rush - and still we were able to overcome. With such little time and small amount of resources, the emotion, feeling, style, and energy that is conjured while watching is unparalleled to anything I've ever seen. This video, perhaps, may be the best we've ever made.
Granted the movie is under eight minutes long, you can view the first three minutes on the website on the *Preview* http://www.jumblestudios.com/preview.aspx section labeled memorial video.
Please, I urge you to check it out and smile with the rest of us.

Again I hope everyone's Christmas was a good one and we'll see you next year!

Happy New Years to all!
From: JumbleStudios Team

Welcome to our new site and look!

I can't express how much I appreciate you taking the time to read what I, the CEO and owner of JumbleStudios, have to say - as this business started out as a favor.

It all started when...
I was approached by a co-worker one day asking me if I have video to DVD experience. She wanted merely for me to take a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and put it on a DVD so she could view it on her TV. The presentation was of her husband, whom had recently passed away. Heartbroken, I insisted I take it one step further and put a smile on her face and a tear of joy on her cheek.

What turned out as a favor to a sweet old cleaning lady flourished into a thriving business that I love to do. Everything we put into the video's we create is second to none. My team is highly creative and originality goes into every montage we develop. The ideas and creativity are endless which leaves the competition in the dust.

I really don't mean to degrade my competitors... But honestly - show me one video, JUST ONE, that compares and I'll backpedal with apologies.
It really bothers me that someone can call their work professional, with the same type of animation and effects you would expect from a 1980's music video.

Please take a look at a few short, for web, examples we have in our preview section of the website - http://www.jumblestudios.com/preview.aspx
I can guarantee you'll be left breathless :)

Come back for more blogging! This is just the beginning.
Love goes out to all,
-Mathew E. Komyanek
-CEO Jumble Studios