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I have the best bride and children!!!!

Authentic, personal storytelling builds connection
Clear visual cutaways maintain engagement
Relatable holiday content is highly shareable

curiositycasual vlogslow deliberateTalking Head

Hook

3/10

Viral

2/10

Likes20

Analysis

Execution Elements

Visual Style

casual vlog

natural

Audio Design

none

The Hook

curiosity

Personal, relatable holiday topic

Setting

home interior

Christmas tree, trophy, ornaments

Structure Analysis

10 shots

Hook

Introduce the topic of Christmas traditions and capture viewer attention.

00:00 - 00:081 SHOT

100:00

medium close-upeye-levelstatic

Establish the speaker and the topic.

Camera

static

Action

Man talking to camera about Christmas traditions.

Audio

dialogue starts

Story

Explain the specific family tradition of the pickle ornament and how it works.

00:08 - 01:493 SHOTS

200:08

wide shoteye-levelstatic

Provide visual context for the story.

Camera

static

Action

Shot of the Christmas tree.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

300:11

wide shoteye-levelstatic

Maintain visual interest while the speaker continues.

Camera

static

Action

Static shot of the Christmas tree.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

400:31

medium close-upeye-levelstatic

Deliver the core narrative.

Camera

static

Action

Man talking to camera, explaining the tradition.

Audio

dialogue continues

Reveal

Show the physical trophy and conclude with a personal, reflective message.

01:49 - 02:496 SHOTS

501:49

medium shoteye-levelstatic

Introduce the physical object.

Camera

static

Action

Shot of the trophy on the table.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

601:50

close-upeye-levelstatic

Show detail of the trophy.

Camera

static

Action

Close up of the trophy.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

702:04

close-upeye-levelstatic

Show the trophy being handled.

Camera

static

Action

Hand holding the trophy.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

802:06

close-upeye-levelstatic

Show the names on the trophy.

Camera

static

Action

Close up of the trophy base.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

902:16

medium shoteye-levelstatic

Return to the trophy on the table.

Camera

static

Action

Trophy on the table.

Audio

ambient room tone

cutaway

1002:18

medium close-upeye-levelstatic

Final message and sign-off.

Camera

static

Action

Man talking to camera, concluding the video.

Audio

dialogue continues

Script

Full screenplay with dialogue and action

559 words

10 shots

3 beats

Screenplay

5 PAGES

Screenplay

I have the best bride and children!!!!

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by jimmcandrewheadshots

INT./EXT. — HOOK

Introduce the topic of Christmas traditions and capture viewer attention.

Man talking to camera about Christmas traditions.

[00:00]

TALENT

Okay, so the coolest thing about live is it seems like it's the only spot where you can have a video going and while you're doing the video, you can, you know, turn around.

INT./EXT. — STORY

Explain the specific family tradition of the pickle ornament and how it works.

Shot of the Christmas tree.

[00:08]

TALENT

(V.O.)

Ah, look at that.

Static shot of the Christmas tree.

[00:11]

TALENT

(V.O.)

All right, so many of you know that I've been staying down my dad's quite a bit lately.

[00:16]

(V.O.)

Um, and so I have the best wife and children. So instead of me missing Christmas at home, they brought Christmas down here, um, to my dad's. So there you go. Hi, Lee. So, Merry Christmas.

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[00:27]

TALENT

(V.O.)

So, there's been a thing on, uh, that I've seen about, uh, people have been asking, how do you guys open your Christmas presents?

Man talking to camera, explaining the tradition.

[00:31]

TALENT

Do you guys like go in and just tear at them or do you do them one at a time?

[00:36]

Well, a number of years ago, we started doing it one at a time, one at a time, sort of making fun of these Christmas pickle tradition of Germany.

[00:41]

My wife being German has no idea about this tradition. So anyway, we have, we bought one of these pickles hanging on the tree.

[00:48]

(V.O.)

And now what we do is we hide the pickle, um, and then whoever finds the pickle first in the morning gets to pick, um, who gets to open the first present.

[00:58]

(V.O.)

We don't open the first present, we open the first present after that person opens the present, they'll go pick a present to hand to someone else.

[01:08]

(V.O.)

It doesn't always go in order, um, because not everybody has the same amount of presents under the tree.

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[01:14]

TALENT

Um, but anyway, that's how we do it. So, once again, here we go.

[01:16]

(V.O.)

So, they brought Christmas to, to me.

[01:18]

(V.O.)

I absolutely love my wife and my children. My wife came and stayed over with me last night and the kids will be here soon.

[01:26]

Uh, I saw that there's a griddle upstairs, so apparently, um, I'm going to be making pancakes or waffles or something.

[01:31]

And then later today, we have our annual Christmas Day pizza bake-off.

[01:35]

Um, which I should, I should show everybody that. Where is it?

[01:40]

There's a, there's a trophy here somewhere. Um, let me go find it.

[01:44]

I know you all want to just look. Oh, here it is.

[01:48]

There we go, folks. There's the trophy.

INT./EXT. — REVEAL

Show the physical trophy and conclude with a personal, reflective message.

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Shot of the trophy on the table.

Close up of the trophy.

[01:50]

TALENT

(V.O.)

This is the, the McAndrew Family Cook-Off Champion.

[01:55]

(V.O.)

See it? It's got sort of a pizza guy, a chef at the top there.

[02:00]

(V.O.)

So, that's what we do. We have a pizza cook-off, um, every year.

Hand holding the trophy.

[02:04]

TALENT

(V.O.)

And I don't think my name's even on it until we get the names put on there, too.

Close up of the trophy base.

[02:07]

TALENT

(V.O.)

Like who won. My dad won the first year. Christopher, and then you can see who's. We started doing teams a couple of years ago because it was just too many pizzas.

[02:14]

(V.O.)

But there you have it. So, Merry Christmas, everybody.

Trophy on the table.

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[02:16]

TALENT

Merry Christmas, everybody.

Man talking to camera, concluding the video.

[02:18]

TALENT

Uh, hope you have a great, uh, day and a fantastic 2024.

[02:24]

Take care.

[02:25]

Oh, by the way, you are fearfully and wonderfully made, right?

[02:30]

Don't forget because on this day, in the city of David, was born a King.

[02:35]

His name is Jesus and He is a Savior.

[02:39]

So there you go. If you don't know about Him, go read about Him. All righty?

[02:44]

Take care. Merry Christmas, everybody. Bye-bye.

— THE END —

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Transcript

Monologue

559 words

34 segments

Okay, so the coolest thing about live is it seems like it's the only spot where you can have a video going and while you're doing the video, you can, you know, turn around.

Ah, look at that.

All right, so many of you know that I've been staying down my dad's quite a bit lately.

Um, and so I have the best wife and children. So instead of me missing Christmas at home, they brought Christmas down here, um, to my dad's. So there you go. Hi, Lee. So, Merry Christmas.

So, there's been a thing on, uh, that I've seen about, uh, people have been asking, how do you guys open your Christmas presents?

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Jim McAndrew | Headshot Photographer

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