A heartwarming surprise video for a birthday present: a roundup of recommended birthday movies
When it comes to classic touches for birthdays and birthday parties, nothing beats a birthday video!
Many people want to give a heartfelt video for a family member, friend, or that special someone’s birthday.
But when it actually comes time to make one, it’s hard to decide what kind of video to create.
So in this article, we’ve gathered moving surprise videos perfect for birthdays that you can use as inspiration.
From parodies of anime and TV shows, to voice-over dubs, to meticulously crafted short films—surprising, touching, and full of humor—these videos make wonderful gifts overflowing with the creator’s love.
You’re sure to find ideas for a video that will delight someone special to you!
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For a birthday present, give a touching surprise video. Recommended birthday movie roundup (1–10)
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY” in stop motion
Stop motion is a technique where you animate things that don’t normally move on their own by shooting them frame by frame.
For example, you can comically animate the letters of “HAPPY BIRTHDAY,” or make a favorite toy or stuffed animal toddle along! It’s a clever method that works great for movie openings and endings, too!
Piano playing video
Playing “Happy Birthday” on the piano! Even that alone makes the person being celebrated happy, but here’s an idea to connect it to a different song and perform it as a medley.
If you bring this out as a surprise during the celebration, it’ll make them really happy and turn it into an unforgettable day!
Hand-drawn stop-motion animation
It’s impressive and moving how intricately you erased and drew the handwritten characters to create the stop-motion.
With a whiteboard or similar, you can bring any idea to life, so have fun planning your story and art style and give it a try.
I’m sure you’ll create something truly engaging!
An emotional surprise video for a birthday present. Recommended birthday movie roundup (11–20)
How Do You Like Wednesday?-style movie
As a birthday movie, it would be wonderful to present the various memories from that year in the style of the ending of your favorite travel show.
If you’ve got lots of memories on your smartphone, it’d be a waste not to show them off! It’s also a perfect idea to make it more unique and unforgettable.
In Super Mario Maker
There are quite a few games nowadays where you can create your own stages.
Games like Super Mario Maker and Minecraft come to mind.
Using those kinds of games to make a surprise movie—now that’s a pretty great idea, isn’t it? Bring out your own unique flair and turn it into a wonderful video!
Terrace House-style movie
The romance reality show Terrace House—commonly known as “TeraHa”—documents men and women living together in a shared house.
In the opening, there’s a sequence where the cast members’ profiles and their everyday, candid photos and videos are presented in a very appealing way.
How about creating a birthday movie inspired by that Terrace House opening? A video featuring the birthday person as the star would be great, but it could also be nice to make a message montage featuring the people celebrating them.
flipbook animation
How about creating a flipbook-style animation that’s a bit different—an animated sequence with a stop-motion feel, moving in a choppy, comical way? If you print out your photos and turn them into miniatures, you can make something irresistibly cute, and with miniatures you can even go places you can’t usually visit.
It’s a birthday movie especially recommended for photography enthusiasts and people who own a DSLR.