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Post by seraphin on Dec 5, 2017 7:51:10 GMT -5
I think we would love to see Jackie do another TV special. This time of year my mind turns to Christmas With Jackie Evancho. I understand that Jackie's PBS specials cost about $million each. Well, no wonder - 11 or so cameras, recording the audio in situ, make-up artist, hair stylist, costumer, et al. Thus, there are a million reasons that there won't be a TV Christmas special w/ Jackie anytime soon. But I can dream too. We need to imagine a low-cost way of producing A Christmas with Jackie Evancho TV special. Using one and only one film crew and taking the song tracks from Jackie's previous recordings, rather than trying to record the audio in situ, we can pare out budget considerably. In essence, the TV special would be a series of music videos.
Scene I Jackie is alone in a recording studio. A sprig of mistletoe is hanging from the microphone boom. A forlorn "Charlie Brown Christmas tree" stands alone on a stool next to Jackie. Jackie wistfully sings I'll Be Home for Christmas. Cut to the Evancho home: Juliet, Zak and Rachel are decorating the family Christmas tree; Mike and Lisa alternately draw a window curtain aside and peer out into the nite as it snows heavily. Concern etches Mike's and Lisa's faces. Cut to a pair of car headlights cutting thru the snow and the dark. Cut to Jackie arriving at the home's front door laden with brightly wrapped packages - Jackie's home. Joy abounds. Cut to Jackie hanging her favorite ornament on the Christmas tree, smilingly warmly. Song ends.
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Post by seraphin on Dec 5, 2017 8:13:28 GMT -5
Scene II Jackie and her brother and sisters are sitting/sprawling on the floor in front of the fireplace roasting chestnuts in the Evancho home as Jackie sings The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire). Interspersed in the video are scenes of Jackie, Lisa and the other children having fun baking & decorating Christmas cookies in the kitchen. Song ends.
Scene III Jackie is in a kindergarten classroom. The children are busy at their desks coloring pictures of Santa Claus and Christmas trees as Jackie strolls about the room singing a lighthearted Christmas song. Interspersed are still shots of children holding up their drawings to the camera. As the song ends the children are all lined up in front of Jackie proudly holding their artistic creations. Kicker: the children gather around Jackie and facing the camera, sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas as Jackie smiles broadly.
Scene IV Jackie, bundled against the cold, walks up a hill toward a lone pine tree which stands atop the hill. It is a clear and starry nite. She is singing Silent Night. As the song ends the brightest star in the firmament aligns with the tip top of the tree. Jackie smiles knowingly as the song ends.
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Post by seraphin on Dec 5, 2017 8:50:56 GMT -5
Scene V Jackie is in a chapel with beautiful stained-glass windows. She sings O Come All Ye Faithful as she walks slowly down the aisle, passing empty pews. As she walks, Jackie gazes upward toward the stained-glass windows and the camera lingers on each window in turn. As the song ends, Jackie is at the front of the church, facing the pews. The camera pulls back and, lo and behold, the once empty pews are now filled with congregants. Jackie smiles.
Scene VI Jackie is in an ornate church, dressed in a red gown. The altar is flush with poinsettias. Jackie stands before the altar and sings O Holy Night. The scene ends with a view of a manger.
Scene VII Jackie approaches a small antique table. Atop the table are three glass snow globes. In turn Jackie picks up the three snow globes and shakes them: As she starts to sing I'll Be Home for Christmas, a dancer inside the first globe pirouettes in a scene from the Nutcracker... Inside the second snow globe children build a snowman... and Inside the third snow globe there's a horse pulling a open sleigh thru the snow.
I know nothing of TV production (or much else), but think each of these scenes could be filmed in the Pittsburgh area, thus saving money. Further, in my imagination, we can dispense with the wardrobe mistress, key grip, best boy, hair stylist ..., saving even more money. I would love to read any other imagined scenes for our fantasy Christmas With Jackie Evancho TV special.
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Post by agog on Dec 5, 2017 9:24:40 GMT -5
Scene V Jackie is in a chapel with beautiful stained-glass windows. She sings O Come All Ye Faithful as she walks slowly down the aisle, passing empty pews. As she walks, Jackie gazes upward toward the stained-glass windows and the camera lingers on each window in turn. As the song ends, Jackie is at the front of the church, facing the pews. The camera pulls back and, lo and behold, the once empty pews are now filled with congregants. Jackie smiles. Scene VI Jackie is in an ornate church, dressed in a red gown. The altar is flush with poinsettias. Jackie stands before the altar and sings O Holy Night. The scene ends with a view of a manger. I know nothing of TV production (or much else), but think each of these scenes could be filmed in the Pittsburgh area, thus saving money. Further, in my imagination, we can dispense with the wardrobe mistress, key grip, best boy, hair stylist ..., saving even more money. I would love to read any other imagined scenes for our fantasy Christmas With Jackie Evancho TV special. Seraphin, ya had me right up till when you said Pittsburgh.
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Post by rob49 on Dec 5, 2017 10:25:57 GMT -5
Scene V Jackie is in a chapel with beautiful stained-glass windows. She sings O Come All Ye Faithful as she walks slowly down the aisle, passing empty pews. As she walks, Jackie gazes upward toward the stained-glass windows and the camera lingers on each window in turn. As the song ends, Jackie is at the front of the church, facing the pews. The camera pulls back and, lo and behold, the once empty pews are now filled with congregants. Jackie smiles. Scene VI Jackie is in an ornate church, dressed in a red gown. The altar is flush with poinsettias. Jackie stands before the altar and sings O Holy Night. The scene ends with a view of a manger. I know nothing of TV production (or much else), but think each of these scenes could be filmed in the Pittsburgh area, thus saving money. Further, in my imagination, we can dispense with the wardrobe mistress, key grip, best boy, hair stylist ..., saving even more money. I would love to read any other imagined scenes for our fantasy Christmas With Jackie Evancho TV special. Seraphin, ya had me right up till when you said Pittsburgh. agog, I feel having a family at home for Christmas is an excellent idea for a Christmas theme TV Special. And I really like the the visual in Scene I with Jackie driving up the driveway and coming in to the welcoming arms of her loving family.
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Post by agog on Dec 5, 2017 12:05:43 GMT -5
Seraphin, ya had me right up till when you said Pittsburgh. agog, I feel having a family at home for Christmas is an excellent idea for a Christmas theme TV Special. And I really like the the visual in Scene I with Jackie driving up the driveway and coming in to the welcoming arms of her loving family.
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