Saving Christmas – A Buckhead Church Original Film

Posted on 24. Dec, 2008 by loswhit in My Church


Saving Christmas from buckheadchurch on Vimeo.

Well guys.  Here it is.
Proud would be an understatement as to how I feel about the job my team did on this.
Josh Peters, my video director, was the mastermind and muscle behind this project.
The rest of us surrounded him and helped out however we could.
Let me setup how we used this film.

Our Christmas services were last Sunday. Dec. 21st.
We played the first half of the film after the main worship set and then Jeff came out and gave a brilliant message that tied the film back to itself after his talk.
To see Jeff’s talk click here.

From concept to completion we saw the film go through lots of changes.
But all in all it took about a month to ideate, write, cast, shoot, and edit.
Go ahead and spread the film around the web and maybe Chris’ small realization at the end of the film will spark something in someone else.

I’d love to know your thoughts.
Los

And yes.  Watching it on the Vimeo site makes your experience BIGGER.

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31 Responses to “Saving Christmas – A Buckhead Church Original Film”

  1. Dave © 25 December 2008 at 1:13 am #

    Nice video. Simple concept. Well-executed.

    Love the site re-design. Great job, H3R! Very clean.

    Merry Christmas, all!

  2. x xDavid 25 December 2008 at 1:17 am #

    Nice job guy's, I like it.

  3. BenofBenandJacq 25 December 2008 at 3:22 am #

    Intensedebate now? sheesh. I was just getting used to disqus. But hey…

    Great film. very well done. The sound quality is stunning. Was that boom mic'ed?

  4. Rich Butler 25 December 2008 at 3:23 am #

    This is absolutely incredible! Thanks for your work on it! My family just watched it….and love it! I remember Donny from my days hanging out with Phillip McCart in the youth ministry offices at NP. Well Done!

  5. duregger 25 December 2008 at 3:25 am #

    nice new diggs… way to go john (and los)… sitting down to watch the video in HD now, while my sis cooks up a christmas breakfast fit for kings! Merry Christmas!

  6. Steven 25 December 2008 at 3:35 am #

    There's a lesson to be learned here:

    Always back up.

    And nice site design, too! Looks great!

  7. Allen Arnn 25 December 2008 at 4:50 am #

    Very nice film. Great storytelling. Well done.

  8. portorikan 25 December 2008 at 5:24 am #

    Great job. Watched the whole thing and enjoyed it.

  9. portorikan 25 December 2008 at 5:28 am #

    LOL… my wife just told me it reminded her of Adventures in Odyssey.

    Like the new site design as well.

  10. Stacey 25 December 2008 at 5:31 am #

    Magic.

  11. Annie_B 25 December 2008 at 5:37 am #

    Nice new spot, and wonderful film. Very well done! Merry Christmas!

  12. bobbyb_ 25 December 2008 at 5:49 am #

    Such a great film! The story and lesson are so good; it came out so awesome! Great job & Merry Christmas!

  13. justinthesouth 25 December 2008 at 5:54 am #

    Well done. Would not have guessed it to be the first!

  14. cbran 25 December 2008 at 7:09 am #

    Great job! I really enjoyed it. I only wished it was a full length film! :)

    • bobbyb_ 26 December 2008 at 1:07 am #

      I'd love to see this happen. hint hint to Los ;]

  15. loswhit 25 December 2008 at 8:28 am #

    test.

  16. chackler 25 December 2008 at 8:49 am #

    Merry Christmas Los and Heather!

  17. human3rror 25 December 2008 at 9:07 am #

    thing is the bomb. finally done. can i get some sleep now?

  18. human3rror 25 December 2008 at 9:07 am #

    teehee

  19. human3rror 25 December 2008 at 9:07 am #

    posting like a mofo.

  20. human3rror 25 December 2008 at 9:07 am #

    blah blah blah

  21. human3rror 25 December 2008 at 9:07 am #

    test again.

  22. human3rror 26 December 2008 at 1:06 am #

    puahah.

  23. Scott_Fillmer 26 December 2008 at 2:32 am #

    wow, wow, wow… you guys have some really creative people over there, great all around

  24. Nick_Hempsey 26 December 2008 at 10:14 am #

    good concept, well executed. the cast really seemed to work together well.

    "…house of the one who creates wonderment" … genius

    "I want it to look the gingerbread cookies smell on Christmas morning" … brilliant

    When that macbook hit the floor I almost puked …tragedy

  25. Adam McMillan 27 December 2008 at 6:30 am #

    Great film…

  26. MICHAELMANASSEH 27 December 2008 at 8:56 am #

    Really dope!

  27. djbyron 27 December 2008 at 12:48 pm #

    Wow… Kudos to you and your team!

  28. AdrianRodriguez 29 December 2008 at 1:24 am #

    That was awesome. I can't believe they trashed a MacBook!! How could you Los!!!!!!

  29. SCBubba 31 January 2009 at 12:00 pm #

    Great movie, guys. Loved it.
    Let's see recurring episodes throughout the year with these characters…. :-)

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