{"id":10446,"date":"2012-07-12T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=10446"},"modified":"2012-07-09T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T22:11:07","slug":"unionville-man-helps-to-bring-money-barn-to-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=10446","title":{"rendered":"Unionville man helps to bring Money Barn to TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shooting in and around Chester County, new Animal Planet show is looking for barn owners<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Mike McGann<\/strong>, Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Unionville native Taylor Hendrixson is part of the team producing Money Barn, a new series slated to be on Animal Planet.<\/p><\/div>\n

POCOPSON \u2014 There are so many old barns dotting the Chester County landscape, it\u2019s almost easy to forget they\u2019re there even though many are filled with old and unique items that can help to tell the history of the area and may be of great value to collectors and antique hunters.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that premise that has a local man, Taylor Hendrixson, scouting for locations for the next installment of a new TV show called \u201cMoney Barn.\u201d Hendrixson, a 2007 Unionville High School graduate, serves as a production assistant on the show \u2014 slated to eventually air on Animal Planet, one of the Discovery Network\u2019s stable of channels.<\/p>\n

The show is being produced by Original Productions, the operation that produces The Deadliest Catch and Storage Wars \u2014 making it one of the top producers of reality TV content.<\/p>\n

While filming on the first episode is complete after shooting last week at a barn in South Coventry, Hendrixson has been tasked with looking for more locations in southeastern Pennsylvania \u2014 a specific area that includes all of Chester County.<\/p>\n

The premise is a little along the lines of Storage Wars, with auctioneers competing for the chance to sell the contents of a barn and then the auction itself. One difference: the barn owners will be part of the story, their history and why they are willing to part with the contents of their barn.<\/p>\n

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This maps shows the area the producers of the new show Money Barn are hunting for owners with stories to tell and items to sell, including all of Chester County. If you fit the description, click the link below to see if you might be a match.<\/p><\/div>\n

During the shoot for the first episode, currently in post-production in Los Angeles, Hendrixson said he found the process of uncovering the surprisingly valuable items fascinating. One item he talked about was an oak shelving unit that appeared to have come from an old drug store \u2014 possibly more than a century old. At 10 by 20 feet, it was quite literally a big hit, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a really impressive piece of furniture,\u201d he said, noting that it was appraised at $12,000 and ultimately sold for some $6,000.<\/p>\n

While Hendrixson does a little bit of everything when the production is running \u2014 he studied film and media arts at Temple University \u2014 between shoots, he\u2019s been tasked with helping to find new locations for future episodes, assuming the higher ups at Discovery Networks greenlight additional episodes, with the hope being that most of the next few can be shot in the immediate area.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we\u2019re looking for people who have barns and are willing to sell the contents,\u201d he said. He noted that in addition to the proceeds from the auction, the production company will compensate the barn owners for shooting on the property \u2014 making it an opportunity to both get their barns little less full of stuff and put a bit of cash in their pockets.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s not working on Money Barn, Hendrixson, an aspiring film director and writer, has worked on various film, documentary and commercial projects in the Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n

Aside from all of the technical aspects \u2014 he does a little bit of everything except for sound at this point \u2014 learning how to function on a working set has been an important part of his learning, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on set is great,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to make sure that I can be comfortable \u2014 be part of a presence that makes everyone comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you have a barn that might be right for Money Barn, go to www.moneybarnshow.com<\/a> to see if you might qualify to be among the next batch of barn owners featured on the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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