I'll add to this even though it's too late (maybe for next year). I have been involved in video for years now. This is how I shot my first year display:
I used a Decent camera, a Sony HDR-FX1 HD camera, and turned off auto focus. I didn't adjust the Exposure, but I think I will experiment next year.
Then I shot the entire sequence 3 times from 3 different angles.
I used Premier Pro's Multi-Camera editing tool and synced all 3 videos. Then it was just a matter of selecting which shot I wanted to use at what time by clicking on them while it played.
I synced in the original
