Birthday video ideas: Popular birthday movies to gift to friends, family, and loved ones.
Here are some ideas for birthday videos!
Of course presents and parties are great, but getting a surprise video on your birthday is truly special.
Knowing that everyone gathered to celebrate you and worked hard to make something together can be so moving that it brings many people to tears.
So in this article, we’ve collected a variety of video examples to inspire anyone who wants to give a “birthday video” as a gift.
There are now apps that make video editing easy, so try making one while taking advantage of those tools.
Let’s celebrate your loved one’s birthday to the fullest!
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Birthday video ideas: Popular birthday movies to give to friends, family, and loved ones (11–20)
When you think of [Name], what comes to mind? A birthday video collecting impressions from friends
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Hasn’t everyone wondered at least once what their friends think of them? That said, it’s hard to ask unless there’s a really good reason.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a video where you can ask that? So, let’s ask as many friends and acquaintances as possible various questions under the title “What is [Name]-san like?”.
On birthdays, receiving information and feelings is actually more appreciated than material things.
And more than any gift, the many friends who are willing to answer such questions are your true treasures.
A birthday movie while in a long-distance relationship
Even if you’re in a long-distance relationship, you can still send your congratulations through a video! If you feel shy saying it out loud, try writing lots of words of thanks, congratulations, and the feelings you don’t usually say on paper and turning that into a video.
Watching it might make the urge to see each other grow stronger.
Try to take some time off soon so you can celebrate properly face-to-face, too!
Sand art video
There are several types of sand-based art, known as sand art: sand sculpture, where you use beach sand to create objects; sand animation, where sand sprinkled on glass is lit from below and captured with an overhead camera using stop-motion; and sand art performance, where pictures are drawn in sand one after another to unfold a story.
The work in the video would likely be classified as a sand art performance.
I recommend deciding how you want to develop the performance before you start.
Pop-up album video
A pop-up picture book with fun elements that leap out at you.
This is a birthday video where you create an album packed with various interactive features—just like that kind of pop-up book—and then reveal each feature! Use a blank craft-paper album.
Besides photos and drawings, try attaching things like tickets from places you visited together using different mechanisms! Along with the video showing the pop-up features, be sure to give the finished album itself as a present at the end!
Birthday video filmed at Disney
Shooting a birthday video at everyone’s favorite Disney Resort! With help from Mickey, Minnie, and other Disney characters, we’ll film a birthday video for a Disney-loving friend.
Since the resort itself is super photogenic for pictures and videos, let’s visit various spots and shoot along the way.
We’ll also add messages from other friends in between…
After they watch the video, it’s time to head to Disney together next!
lyrics video
Songs—especially Japanese songs—make you really curious about the lyrics, don’t they? It’s often not just the melody; many of us come to love a song because we’re moved by its words.
When you want to really convey the lyrics, like with a birthday song, adding the lyrics directly into the video is recommended.
Visualizing the words makes them easier to take in.
Besides the lyrics, it could also be nice to include a message during the instrumental sections.
It’s likely to become a video that will be remembered for a lifetime.
Birthday video ideas: Popular birthday movies to gift friends, family, and loved ones (21–30)
Hand-drawn illustration birthday movie
It’s a birthday movie that shows a pure white screen where messages and illustrations are drawn, just as they are, turned into a video.
Because the drawing process is shown as-is, it really strengthens the feeling that they worked hard to make it just to celebrate me.
The simple, unadorned illustrations also leave a good impression.