Thread: Ideas for a video save the date

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I have seen many video save the dates and they are awesome. I have a couple questions. One, what software do you use to create it. And two, does anyone have some ideas for a vampire theme video save the date? Thanks for your help.

I have used movie maker which is a free download and also Picasso (which you have to buy). You can download clips/vidoe footage from your favorite vampire movies or from True Blood. If you go to youtube and find the clips you like and copy the link into Zamzar (www.zamzar.com) they will convert the video clips to WMV files that can be used on movie maker or picasso. They email you the converted files and you download to your video program. It's free too! Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Have fun!

kab, I did one a few years back using (I think) Movie Maker...anyway it was easy and turned out great. I used the song "Night of the Vampire" as background music, and just different vampire images I found on the internet. The program I used enabled me to put different effects over/on the images and make them flow with the music. I'll see if I can find it and post it. I'm at work now, but I'll look on my own computer soon.

And trust me, if I can do it, you can do it. I am the closest thing to computer illiterate you have EVER seen!

kab - I am currently in the process of trying to create a video invite myself with much frustration. I posted a thread over in the "request for tutorials" section but haven't received a response as of yet. My problem isn't coming up with ideas, I just don't know how to make it all work yet. I'm very frustrated at the moment.

I do have some ideas for your save the date though, if you can figure out how to make it all come together. (hint hint B Scary )

Here's a short clip that I think wold be cool as an intro (imagine with creepy font & music added):



Here are some free downloadable fonts you could use:

http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=401&text=vampire

Also, IMHO, you can't go wrong with music from Midnight Syndicate. Search them on youtube and you'll find a bunch of wonderful stuff.

Best of luck to you. I'll share whatever I find out about video invites/save the dates, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Fantastic! My family thinks I'm the only one who sends Save-The-Dates for a Halloween party. Now I can tell them I know of other people who send video Save-The-Dates! If you have a Mac, then iMovie is great to use. Just film on your camera and import!

Thank you both BScaary and MHooch! I have created one, now I am trying to figure out how to upload to here. Once I figure it out, I will link it.

Let me know your thoughts...

kmb123: BScary's advise was very helpful. Go to Windows Movie Maker (free download) and insert whatever images you want. And if you have a mac, go to the iMovie. The video that I created was with Movie Maker and it is really user friendly.

Originally Posted by kmb123

kab - I am currently in the process of trying to create a video invite myself with much frustration. I posted a thread over in the "request for tutorials" section but haven't received a response as of yet. My problem isn't coming up with ideas, I just don't know how to make it all work yet. I'm very frustrated at the moment.

I do have some ideas for your save the date though, if you can figure out how to make it all come together. (hint hint B Scary )

Here's a short clip that I think wold be cool as an intro (imagine with creepy font & music added):

Blood drip - YouTube

Here are some free downloadable fonts you could use:

http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=401&text=vampire

Also, IMHO, you can't go wrong with music from Midnight Syndicate. Search them on youtube and you'll find a bunch of wonderful stuff.

Best of luck to you. I'll share whatever I find out about video invites/save the dates, hopefully sooner rather than later.

If you need more info -- I will be glad to walk you through it. I don't have time to do a tutorial right now although there may be a tuturiol for movie maker on youtube. You might be having issues because you need to convert your video clip from youtube. Try converting the file in Zamzar and see if that helps. You can private message me or we can keep going on this thread. Anything I can help with -- love the blood drip clip. Think I might have to steal it

Originally Posted by kab

Let me know your thoughts...

Kab --
I wasn't able to open your invite but it could be my computer and all the crazy safeguards installed in it. If you upload to a share site let me know. Glad you were able to get it to work! I'm sure it's great.