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Short Little Christmas Film for you to enjoy!

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Kragit:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 18 Dec 2008, 10:39 ---The light display itself is cool stuff, but the video surrounding it leaves something to be desired in my opinion. The fact that it and pretty much every related video linked from it are completely derivative of a beer commercial, whether intentional or not, really hurts it. I also found the message behind it a bit ham-fisted and sentimental, and this is from a guy who eats up disgusting Christmas schlock like it were steak.

If it's meant as just an excuse and launching to do something cool with the lights, bravo, excellent job. The effect and skill shown in that aspect are admirable, especially considering what I figure is a rather limited budget.

If it's intended as anything poignant or well put together on anything but the pure technical side, though, it needs a whole lot of refinement.

A for effort, though.

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Well, technically Carson Williams created his house display which gained so much attention, that Miller Light acquired permission to use it for their commercial.

The video surrounding the show isn't meant to be much. Mainly just to make it more than just another light show. We do what we call "light clubs", in which we make little short films (mostly no longer than a single scene) that look good. Story tends to take a backseat to looks, which is fine in these cases (and in others, the story usually is much better). It definitely, by far isn't anywhere near a complete story, heh. Yeah, the budget was pretty small, just enough to rent some equipment and pay for food for the crew.

Thanks for the compliments! We really appreciate it! :)

jhocking:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 18 Dec 2008, 10:39 ---pretty much every related video linked from it are completely derivative of a beer commercial, whether intentional or not, really hurts it.

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The beer commercial was made in response to the popularity of some guy doing that to his home one Christmas, not the other way around.

GreyGabe:
I wonder how the Trans-Siberian Orchestra feels about their song being constantly associated with beer commercials. I would imagine it could be sort of annoying. Anyway, the video was pretty neat. Nice job.

Kragit:

--- Quote from: GreyGabe on 18 Dec 2008, 19:36 ---I wonder how the Trans-Siberian Orchestra feels about their song being constantly associated with beer commercials. I would imagine it could be sort of annoying. Anyway, the video was pretty neat. Nice job.

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I'm sure Miller got the rights from TSO, especially since it was a nationally broadcasted commercial.

Thanks again for the compliments! :)

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