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Birthday Celebration Invitation Video – 80th and Two 50th Birthday Party Invitation
September 12, 2011 | 
Author Birthday Celebration Invitation Video Intro
Using a Birthday Celebration Invitation Video to invite family and friends to your birthday party is a relatively new thing to do and not done by many people. Most people use a traditional paper and pen method to send out invitations to guests. If you want to be different or unique and have a birthday celebration coming up, such as a 50th birthday party invitation, or even an 80th birthday party invitation, then make your own video slideshow birthday party invitation like I did!
Myself and two fellow Spice member friends all had a big party celebration coming up in the same year, around the same time of year. We had been talking about having a combined 180th Birthday Party Celebration for a couple of years. In 2011, my friend Don was going to be 80 on February 4, David would be 50 on April 16, and I would be 50 in between them on February 20.
About 6 months before the birthday party celebration we started planning the event. I decided it would be a great opportunity to create an invitation with a difference. Also, creating a video slideshow would serve as a birthday party gift memento to all three of us. We would be able to look at the video slideshow in the years to come as a happy memory.
I therefore got to work planning a birthday party video invitation. Firstly we had to decide upon a venue and date which took some meetings and visits to venues. We decided upon a venue at Cadbury’s in Birmingham, England and a good half way date to have the combined birthday party celebration was Saturday March 5. The following video slideshow entitled Birthday Celebration Invitation Video, 80th And Two 50th Birthday Party Invitation is what I produced.
Contents On Birthday Celebration Invitation Video
- Birthday Celebration Invitation Video Intro
- Example Of A Birthday Celebration Invitation Video
- Making The Birthday Celebration Invitation Video
Example Of A Birthday Celebration Invitation Video
The play time for Birthday Celebration Invitation Video, 80th And Two 50th Birthday Party Invitation was not that important. It just needed to be below the potential boredom threshold of the audience but long enough to convey some humour and all the details of the event. The finished birthday party invitation playing time was 5 minutes 20 seconds and I produced it with the Animoto Video Slideshow Maker.
180th Joint Birthday Celebration Invitation Video – 80th & Two 50th Party Slideshow Invitations
This Joint 180th Birthday Celebration Invtiation by three SPICE used an Animoto Video Slideshow to add a bit of fun to an birthday party email invite.
Making The Birthday Celebration Invitation Video
To start with we planned the video slideshow and decided that it should contain the following:
- Some humour (i.e. videos of the three of us);
- Venue Details (i.e. the building and location);
- Party details (i.e. disco, buffet and live entertainment);
- Video – Fireworks (from Animoto database);
- Text – 180th Birthday Invite, Hi from Richard, Dave & Don!;
- Image – The 3 of us sitting relaxed of a sofa;
- Video – 1st silly video of 3 of us inviting viewers to the party;
- Text – 1st image of 3 of us sitting on sofa pointing thumbs upwards;
- Video – 2nd silly video of 3 of us inviting viewers to the party;
- Text – 2nd image of 3 of us sitting on sofa, this time pointing at each other;
- Video – 3rd silly video of 3 of us inviting viewers to the party;
- Text – 3rd image of 3 of us sitting on sofa with differnt poses;
- Text – Now a few sensible words from your hosts;
- Text – Richard Griffin, 50 on 20 February, 2011;
- Video – Richard saying: Hi, Richard here and I’ll be 50 in 2011;
- Text – David Weaver, 50 on 16th April, 2011;
- Video – David saying: Hello, David here and I’ll also be 50 in 2011;
- Text – Don Pitt, 80 on 4th February, 2011;
- Video – Don saying: Hello, I’m Don and I’ll be 80 next year on February the 4th;
- Text – 50 + 50 + 80 = 180, ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY!;
- Image – A picture of a dart board with 3 darts scoring 180 (found on the internet);
- Video – Richard saying: We’d love it if you’d come to our joint 180th birthday party on Saturday the 5th of March 2011;
- Text – Date: Saturday, March 5th. 2011;
- Video – David saying: From 7 til midnight, with a simple buffet at 8.30, and a bar til 11.30;
- Text – Time: 7pm – Midnight (bar til 11.30);
- Video – Don saying: Come and join us at the Appleton Suite at Cadbury’s, Bournville, and have a good time on March the 5th;
- Text – Venue: Appleton Suite, Cadbury’s;
- Text – Some senior moments?;
- Video – Richard saying: 50, blimey! I didn’t think I’d make it this far without false teeth;
- Video – David saying: 50! I can’t be 50! I must have lost a decade somewhere! I’m sure I’m only 40!;
- Video – Don saying: I’m 80! Where did all the years go?;
- Text – We’ll do some of this;
- Video – People dancing on the dance floor (from my collection);
- Text – There will be a simple buffet;
- Image – Some simple food laid out on a table with people helping themselves (found on the internet);
- Image – Of Sandwiches on a plate (found on the internet);
- Text – There will be some entertainment;
- Video – Our friend entertainer (Sheila-M) telling a joke on stage (from my collection);
- Video – Our friend entertainer (Sheila-M) doing a mime dance on stage (from my collection);
- Video – Our friend entertainer (Sheila-M) singing and playing guitar on stage (from my collection);
- Text – And more of this;
- Video – More people dancing on the dance floor (from my collection);
- Text – Any you may want some of these;
- Video – Hands with champagne glasses coming together (from Animoto database);
- Text – There’s a bar with good prices!;
- Text – Also, the day before it’s “Saint Anne’s” birthday!;
- Video – My partner Anne, dancing on a dance floor (from my collection);
- Text – RSVP;
- Text – We hope you can come! Bye for now!;
- Video – Moon descending across the darkened sky (from Animoto database);
- I numbered and arranged the material in my PC directory by name (i.e. number order);
- Next came the video slideshow design configuration:
- I chose “Pandora’s Gift Box” Animoto style template;
- Then I uploaded my material to Animoto;
- Next I included the items from Animoto’s database;
- Then I typed in my text box messages;
- Then I decided on the default music that was set for the “Pandora’s Gift Box” style which was a lively track, “One More Day” by Pure Dream Ladder; I kept the video slideshow pace at the default normal setting; typed in the slideshow title and description; and clicked the “Create Video” button;
Next, I came up with the following sequence of text, images and video clips which consisted of a few items from the Animoto databases; some video clips I already had; and some new material to be created:
After the planning stage was over with I began to make the unique happy birthday gift memento with the Animoto Video Slideshow Maker online service:
After a while Birthday Celebration Invitation Video, 80th And Two 50th Birthday Party Invitation was ready for distribution. I distributed a link to the guest list via email through the Animoto share function.
As I wanted to keep a copy of the invitation for posterity, I also created higher resolution versions of the video slideshow and downloaded them onto my computer. Note: I can make high resolution copies of my video slideshows, and high definition copies if the template style allows me to; as I have a commercial Animoto Pro account.
If you have an Animoto Plus Account, which is a non-commercial licence, you can pay a small fee to generate higher resolution versions of your video slideshows as and when you choose to. On the other hand, a good strategy would be to upgrade to an Animoto Pro account just for a month and generate as many video slideshows within the month as you want to. Visit Animoto and take a look at the ANIMOTO PRICING PLAN to see what is best for you.
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