Katie's Aunt Lou sprung a challenge on us to put on a performance of Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas" for her party guests. We hired some local toy thespians and created this stop-motion adaptation in about 30 hours. Merry Christmas!
Directed and edited by Kinders Kinley, Besty Robson and Katie Robson Featuring the voices of Kinders Kinley, Besty Robson and Katie Robson Filmed in Tulsa, OK
Trivia
The animation was created by taking snaps with my 5 megapixel digital camera and placing them one after the other using iMovie
I know, there's no such reindeer as "Donder". There was a misprint in the book and, like the great thespian that I am, I transferred it to the film without noticing
The Smoke from Santa's pipe and his wink to the camera were Photoshopped in to the individual frames before editing them into the film
If you listen closely to the final line, you'll hear Betsy exclaim "Dammit!" because of a mistake she'd made earlier (that we edited out). We left the exclamation in for all to hear when we presented the film at Lou's party. Only one person noticed. :)
