Christmas Show...It is finally finished!

[sshaper Profile Private message]

Well after being on hold for almost a year my wife and I finished the Christmas show we started last year. Last year, I had posted what we had completed and received some very positive feedback, many asking us to finish it.

The music starts out slow for the first 20 seconds or so then it picks up dramatically, so don't think this is a slow moving show. The whole show is a fun ride and I hope everyone enjoys it. The music used is titled Christmas Eve/Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

As always, we would like to know what you think (good or bad)

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewsho ... 3196&alb=0

Thank you
Scott and Karen Shaper

[Penny47 Profile Private message]

Scott and Karen,
I never saw your first show but this was truly a great show to watch. I enjoyed every moment of it thanks for that. I loved the sleigh flying across the screen. I am not an expert at this stuff but I do know what I like. And I loved it.

Penny

[The Clicker]

Awsome show and one of my absolute favorite Christmas songs!! Loved it!!

[im42n8 Profile Private messageWebsite]

Looks like quite a bit of work there! Gots to be the fastest moving show I've seen yet! Pretty good overall. . . the pace didn't let one look at many photos tho. Still, I think it was a pretty impressive show!

Dale

[debngar Profile Private message]

Loved it! I will probably watch it a few more times just to have the chance to catch all the things I missed the first time or two. LOL

I can see why it may have taken you a year to do this one. There are a lot of pieces which would have taken a ton of work.

I thought the rapid showing of the pics was a good idea for the pace of the music.

Nice intro and use of the silhouette moving across the screen. I thought it was a video at first.

Clever way to present the cut out elements in the manger and then fade in the background. If it all came from one picture (without already being in pieces), you didn't have to clone the background to plug up the holes then. Also very neat effect with the light shining from the upper right corner and having it focus soley on the child in the manger.

The stained glass image split up like a puzzle being in the simple shapes and only 4 pieces worked really well.

I also loved the 12 nutcracker/santas that popped onto the screen one by one and then came off the screen to reveal things behind them. It was almost like an advent thing where you open the doors to find something behind it. That was brilliant. I didn't dare blink.

Thanks for letting us see your show - nicely done.

Debbie

[weldr Profile Private message]

Excellent...from start to end! Thanks for sharing. Don

[pwholmes Profile Private message]

Great, exciting show. Made my mind dizzy with ideas. There is one grammatical error in it however. "Ready to bore" should be "ready to bear." Bore would be the past tense, bear the future -- unless they were intending to bore the child to death!

[dilyla Profile Private messageWebsite]

Brilliant! Absolutely loved the pace & all the effects!

Thanks for sharing!

- Diana

[mlanders]

enjoyed it and loved the pace and everything inside of it!

Make me think about the roots of Christmas and what we do all around and about it - it has something critical but not only...it just made me think:
Look what we made of it...what started once with the night in peace....

Great piece of work!

Michael

[sshaper Profile Private message]

Karen and I appreciate your comments. We are glad everyone enjoyed the show, it was the biggest project we have done.

pwholmes - Thank you for pointing out the grammatical error I will correct it.

mlanders - I am glad the show made you think about the roots of Christmas. We wanted to demonstrate both the religious and commercialization side of Christmas.

Thanks again for everyones feedback and most importantly have a Merry Christmas.

Scott and Karen Shaper

[dajon0510 Profile Private message]

Enjoyed your show
Thank you
David

[newtcruiser Profile Private messageWebsite]

Well done!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it. You certainly kept pace with the music. . .. Great.

Linda