A program during which children make films is one of the most popular themes for teenage parties. There are many formats and different stories, and the actors always have individual characteristics, so there are no identical programs. All are unique, and this is a special value!
What age is this idea suitable for?
This is not for kids. We suggest choosing this program for children from 10 to 15 years old. If suddenly there are 1-2 small children (brother or sister of the birthday boy), it’s okay, we’ll come up with a role for him too, but the bulk of the guests should be over 10 years old.
For ten-year-olds and fifteen-year-olds, programs on the same topic will be different, since teenagers can have time to do much more on the set. You will see examples below.
You don't need too many participants on set. The fact is that all children want to appear on camera more often in different images, and if there are many actors, the chances of showing their abilities are sharply reduced. Usually it is 4-10 people.
Create a Happy Birthday Message in Word
This text editor, which integrates with the world's most used productivity suite, Office, will be of great help to us in solving these problems. Whether we want to start from scratch or we need some help from your side, it is recommended to use it. So in these lines we are going to show you how you can get started and create your own birthday greeting from the very beginning to send later. Of course, everyone can use the components they like best for all this, depending on the complexity of their design.
Insert background image
In most cases, the first thing we need is an image to serve as the background. To integrate it into a Word document, we access the Insert menu, from which we select the Images option.
Here we can choose the PC that seems most suitable for each specific case. The most suitable in this case is that it is, for example, personal images or a photograph of the recipient. This will all depend on everyone's tastes and preferences, but in this step the selected image is automatically added to the Word document we are working on.
Add personalized greeting texts in Word
It is worth mentioning here that we have the ability to move the image that we have added to the background by simply dragging it with the mouse pointer or resizing it from the corners.
This is something we can do with any number of images, but let's move on to the next one. Any noteworthy greeting cannot fail to include an individual text for each recipient. At first we may think, since we are working in Word, it is enough to write the text with some color.
But you should know that this program offers us a great solution in the same sense. This will help us a lot, for example, in this case. Specifically, we're talking about using a tool called WordArt . This is a feature that allows us to create impressive personalized texts, which in turn are treated as separate objects. This way we can move and resize them just like an image. All this can be achieved from the Insert / WordArt menu item of the program itself.
A new field will appear in the document in which we can enter the text of the congratulations. First, we must choose its format from the many options available to us. Word gives us a large number of design options and formats to choose from. Once we have entered the text as such, as in the case of an image, here we can move and resize it. WordArt box
How does the program “Quiet! Filming in progress"
I would like to immediately focus on the main thing. The quality of the film that children will eventually receive as a souvenir of the holiday is not the main goal. We are not filming a blockbuster, and it is impossible in 3 hours.
First of all, it is an entertainment program. On your birthday you need to laugh a lot, change clothes, transform into different images, perform unusual movements (run away from invisible dinosaurs and dodge laser weapons of aliens). Teenagers have fun filming episodes in which only during editing will the background and special effects appear. They fantasize a lot during the program; a separate film could be made from working moments.
The program is run by three people: a director, a costume designer and a videographer. Each of them has its own entertainment blocks, all together they create an unusual holiday for your children.
The topic is discussed in advance. The musical composition, costumes, accessories, props, props and backgrounds are selected in advance. The director comes to the set with a detailed shooting plan so that all three hours can be used as efficiently as possible. There will be castings, image fittings, rehearsals, takes. There will be a lot of excitement, laughter and creative inspiration.
The finished film is edited after the holiday. We usually ask for a two to three week wait.
The duration of the film can be from 3 to 10 minutes. Options:
- clip for one song (children just play roles to the music)
- a clip of the song being performed (below is an example of the birthday girl herself singing in the frame)
- trailer for the film (like a compilation of highlights, without a plot)
- film (short story with beginning, climax, epilogue)
- editing of bright moments of the entire holiday, the longest option (meeting guests, preparing for filming, makeup, costume fitting, rehearsals, the film itself, taking out the cake, disco with friends, a walk around the city)
Congratulation ideas
The whole point of a homemade card is for it to be special, unique, created just for one single person. However, it's not always easy to come up with a fresh idea from scratch. Don't know how best to send your congratulations? Get inspired:
1. Compose and perform
Do you love and know how to write poetry or even songs? A poem written specifically for a loved one’s birthday can be beautifully read out or sung with a guitar in front of the camera. Do not doubt, such a sincere congratulation will cause a whole storm of feelings among the hero of the occasion!
Perform your own song
2. Walk around iconic places
Do you want to make a pleasant surprise for your loved one? Remind him of the most important moments of your relationship and the places associated with them. Where did you first confess your love to each other, where did you have your first kiss? Visit iconic places and share your memories on camera. Then combine the episodes into one video - it will become a stunningly touching gift for a wedding anniversary or Valentine's Day.
Remind you of the most important events
3. Collect friends' memories
Is it mom or dad's anniversary soon? You can create a video greeting that can touch you to the core. Thanks to social networks, it has become less difficult to find people with whom we have long lost contact. Try to find the birthday boy’s former classmates or classmates and ask them to share pleasant, cheerful memories of their stormy youth. Complete the card with a slideshow of old photos. A wonderful congratulatory film will be put together from scraps of memory.
Collect memories of loved ones
The implementation of such creative ideas will require a lot of effort and time. But, believe me, the warm light that will flare up in the eyes of loved ones is worth it!
Examples of films, clips and trailers
To save your time, I made a selection of stills from different films. In a couple of minutes you can get an impression of this holiday format without wasting time watching the entire movie.
If you want to see these masterpieces in full, write a request by email, I will send links.
Trailer for the film "Harry Potter"
Filming can take place outdoors or indoors. There is one important condition here - good lighting. Costumes and recognizable props are important for the Harry Potter theme. The organizers bring all this with them. The guys are amused by the unusual shooting (the frames are then scrolled in the opposite direction).
Here are some highlights from another movie. Here the children are a little younger, the script is different, and so are the effects. In fact, with these heroes you can make a comedy, thriller, melodrama or action movie. The director will come up with something new for your children!
Bloggers
This is a favorite topic. A team of bloggers is puzzled by the sharp decrease in the number of subscribers. The first thought is to copy successful bloggers. They comment on funny videos, unpack Chinese packages, test cosmetics and review toys, but the blog continues to lose ground. Out of desperation, they decide to edit all their attempts into one video, and a miracle happens. Millions of new followers!
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Video for Taylor Swift's song "You Need To Calm Down"
In this clip, everyone is surprised by the well-coordinated dance of the girls. Alas, it will not be possible to rehearse such a dance during the filming of the video. The secret is that all these girls study in the same dance studio. One of the ensemble members decided to shoot a video for her favorite song on her birthday.
The song itself sounds in its original performance, the girls only play roles and dance.
Video for the song “Cool” (performed by the birthday girl)
And then the girl herself sings. The clip was filmed in a shopping center, with children acting as mannequins and random passers-by filming the aspiring star on a smartphone. Nice clip to remember!
Mini-movie "Spy Kids"
The spy story was filmed right in the banquet hall of the cafe. This is not very convenient, since there are always tables and chairs in the frame, but the director managed to fit the interior into the plot of the film.
Film based on the television series "Kitchen"
This was a very fun shoot. Many teenagers knew the series and its main characters, copied gestures and facial expressions in a very funny way, and turned into comedians for the entire 3 hours. I like the lady with the dog who found a worm on the table. Marmalade, of course)).
"Monster's Ball"
The monsters are funny, naturally. Everyone has fun transforming into unusual characters, putting on robes, masks, and translucent capes. As in any film, the main role is played by the birthday boy/girl.
Remake competition
This is a film about the making of a film. The main role is played by a girl director who, between blocks of remakes, shouts “Stop! Removed! As a result, it is she who receives an Oscar statuette and a festive banquet with a gorgeous cake. It’s her birthday, of course.
SuperSpies
It was at the dacha. Lots of space for filming, different locations, natural lighting. The spies easily dealt with the alien monsters, opened the safe and received gifts.
Hunting for a hacker
Another catchy topic. Children get into computer games, deal with all the monsters and overcome the most difficult stages. We celebrate the victory over tea and cake, of course. At the end of the film, each actor wishes the birthday boy a happy birthday.
Alternatives to your own birthday greetings
At the moment, we have many opportunities to create our own creations. We find applications that we install on a PC or mobile phone, or from a web platform that help a lot in this. There are some that are more complex and complete than others, but to say that most of them are free. In fact, these applications try to make these design tasks easier.
From the very beginning they already offer us a series of designs that serve as the basis for customizing them later. How could it be otherwise, this makes this kind of task much easier. But, as we mentioned earlier, there are users who prefer to take this type of work further and create their own projects. In fact, they prefer to create their own birthday greetings from scratch, or nearly so, which is how we'll help you.
One of the most popular and used applications all over the world, will be useful for what we are talking about, we are talking about Word . As you know, this program has gradually developed into a powerful tool of today. Even though it is a text editor, it offers us more than interesting design features.
How to order
The minimum cost of the program is 35,000 rubles. Director, costume designer, videographer. A set of standard props and accessories, chromakey background. The price includes film editing (results, let me remind you, in 2 weeks). 3 hours.
Additionally: selection of premises, theatrical costumes, hall decoration, cake, presence of animals on the set, master classes, performances by artists, etc.
Contact me in any convenient way. Indicate the number and age of children, the date of the holiday, and the intended location of filming. I will arrange a consultation with the director for you so that you can choose the theme of the film together.
Holiday again Contact person: Irina Panasyan (Moscow) Write to me Call (Moscow)
Create a Happy Birthday Greeting with Templates
On the other hand, we may find ourselves in the circumstance that we do not want to use one of the many designs that are circulating in Internat. But at the same time, we do not want or can start from scratch, either for time or knowledge. Don't worry, Word is trying to make life easier for us in this regard.
We say this because we can still be a little creative without getting too complicated. This is what we are going to achieve using the templates that the program itself offers us after installation. To access them, we open the program, but without creating a new empty document. At the top there is a search field in which, for example, you can enter the term “Birthday”.
On the screen we will see that there are a large number of Word templates specially designed for this type of specific greetings, from which we can choose the one we like.
At this point, all we have to do is find the design that interests us the most and then select it to load on the screen. This template is what we are talking about, which will serve as the basis for the birthday greeting, from which we will have to start by setting up the Tasks.
In it we will have the opportunity to make all changes, both to our own elements and to those that are in the template by default. Thus, in just a few steps, we will get truly amazing results without stress.
