Fun New Year Video Ideas! Easy-to-Make New Year’s Greeting Movie
When sending New Year’s greetings, many people probably want to deliver their message in a different way this year.
Paper postcards are nice, but with video you can convey your feelings through voice, movement, and even music—so it’s sure to resonate more with the recipient! From the classic style of greeting as a family to unique ideas using hand-drawn illustrations or voiceovers, there’s actually a lot of freedom in how you create a New Year’s video.
In this article, we’ll share plenty of ideas for New Year’s videos that anyone can try with ease—and that are sure to make the recipient smile.
This year, why not send a New Year’s greeting that’s uniquely you, in video form?
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Fun New Year Video Ideas! Easy-to-Make New Year’s Greeting Movies (21–30)
Short film
If you have experience with video editing, why not try creating a slightly elaborate New Year’s greeting movie in the style of a short film? If you shoot and edit beautiful footage of your family, pets, or hobbies, and add a message at the end, I think it will become a simple yet polished piece.
You can think of it as a video version of the photos or illustrations you’d put on a traditional New Year’s card, which might make it easier to picture.
papercraft
If you shoot paper crafts in stop motion, you’ll end up with a video that feels warm and stylish! It’s a lot of work since you have to adjust each piece little by little and take many shots, but the gentle texture unique to paper crafts will make it a one-of-a-kind, original New Year’s greeting video.
Fun New Year Video Ideas! Easy-to-Make New Year's Greeting Movies (31–40)
Minecraft
A New Year’s greeting movie made with Minecraft—that’s a fresh idea.
There’s a unique fun in stacking blocks and creating a world of your own.
How about building New Year–themed structures and landscapes and turning them into a video? You could spell out “Happy New Year” in blocks, or depict the first sunrise of the year, Mount Fuji, or plum blossoms—those would be interesting, too.
Once it’s finished, get creative with your camera work when filming.
If you share it on YouTube, you can send it to relatives and friends who live far away.
It also sounds fun to collaborate with other players.
Why not create a richly flavored New Year’s greeting movie that only Minecraft can offer?
New Year’s greeting movie with animals
Here’s a suggestion to film a New Year’s greeting movie together with the zodiac animal of the year! Come to think of it, most of the animals in the zodiac seem like you could actually film with them…
It could be even more fun if visiting different animals each year for the shoot became an annual tradition! It would likely become a hot topic among the recipients, too.
Family greetings
An essential element of a New Year’s greeting movie—and probably what most people include—is the New Year’s greeting itself.
A simple “Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu” (Happy New Year) works well, or you could go with a more formal phrase like “Tsutsushinde shinshun o oiwai mōshiagemasu.” Saying “Happy New Year” in English can be fun, too.
The mood will also change depending on whether everyone greets together or each person speaks in turn.
Choose whichever fits your taste.
Interview with the man of the year
An interview with people of the zodiac year! That said, of course it can be women of the zodiac year too! At first glance, it looks like a group with nothing in common, but the interview goes ahead, and naturally each person has their own life and feelings.
It’s also fun to see it become an annual tradition that everyone looks forward to, wondering, “Who was chosen this year?”
hand-drawn illustration
Let me share some ideas for New Year’s greeting videos using hand-drawn illustrations.
No drawing skills? No problem.
Try sketching relaxed, simple characters and giving them a bit of motion.
For example, a scene where the zodiac animal offers New Year’s greetings, or an animation where family-drawn portraits appear one after another—your ideas can turn into delightful creations.
With smartphone apps, you can edit videos easily.
Send a heartfelt New Year’s greeting to your loved ones with a New Year’s video that combines the warmth of hand-drawn art with the unique fun of moving images.