TIME FOR A GRINCHY CHRISTMAS

Evangel has decided to produce our own Christmas Short Film, to be shown in December during the Christmas season!  It's a "Grinch story" with a great Christian message and we NEED YOUR HELP to make it happen.  Recording for this project is already underway and will continue over the next month, and we WANT YOU to be a part of it!  We are hoping that you and your families will help us out by providing one or (hopefully!) both of the following easy and fun videos. If you choose to participate, please fill out this PHOTO CONSENT FORM for anyone in your video and submit your video by the end of day on Wednesday, December 2. If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to Beth Kanzelman or call her at (507)990-6830.  Thanks for your help!

  • VIDEO OF YOUTH - CHILDREN - FAMILY

    DOING CHRISTMASsY THINGS

    Request #1: Create a video of your youth/child or the whole family doing Christmassy things.


    Pick any Christmassy project you would like to do. Some possible options would be decorating a Christmas tree, baking cookies, making decorations like paper snowflakes, paper chains, popcorn garland, etc., setting a table for dinner, writing a letter to Santa. -- it can be almost anything. Dress up in bright colors or something that represents Christmas and record a video of you doing this Christmassy project.  The audio from the video will NOT be used, so you don't need to worry about that.


    The video (or multiple videos, if you prefer) can be recorded using your phone or camcorder and should be at least a minute long. Don't worry if the video looks boring. The goal is to create a montage of short clips from many videos, which will be shown along with a Christmas song performed by Evangel musicians - i.e. music video style.  It will be fun to see different videos from many families.  Almost anything will work!  See the video section below for examples.

    Once you have recorded your video, email it to Beth Kanzelman or if it is too big, upload your video HERE.

  • VIDEO OF YOUTH OR CHILD SINGING

    Request #2: Create a video of your child/youth or children singing a verse of two Christmas carols ("O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Joy to the World") along with the provided recording.  That's it!


    If your child/youth doesn't know the words, they are provided HERE in a large font that can be printed/displayed for use as cue cards.

    Watch the video below to get an idea of what we are looking for.

    Play the video with a bluetooth speaker or earbuds or any device just loud enough for your child/youth to hear, and then record them singing along doing the simple actions like the example in the video. During the last part, we are hoping the arms raised will look like everyone is holding hands.

    Upload your video HERE.

    Families with multiple children can record them together in one video or in separate videos -- either is fine. If multiple children are in one video, they should hold hands, with the children on the ends holding their free arms outward.

  • Some things to keep in mind

    1. Be conscious of the background of your video to be sure no personal information or data is visible.
    2. Take a wider shot than you might normally take to allow room for cropping when necessary.
    3. Either landscape or portrait orientation is fine.
    4. Be as creative or straight forward as you like.
    5. Smile and have fun. 

Video Examples

Christmassy Video #1 - This is a good example. Notice how the frame leaves room to be cropped and Kayla is smiling and looking like she is having fun.


Christmassy Video #2 - This is not quite as good. Notice how Kayla moves in and out of the frame and she is not smiling.


Singing Video - Use this video as your example. You are the Who's on Christmas morning singing carols. Be joyful!


  • Christmassy Video #1

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  • Singing Video

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