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When I am free, my mind goes wild — for thinking about what not and everything is all I do and it keep me happy. But often, filming yourself–i.e. acting, directing and creating a film calls for limited characters and story is often either your work place or at home. Story with limited characters is easy to film.

Since I am working like crazy, I thought i share a few of them so perhaps they become a film for your next youtube project.

Story 1. Global warming and Comedy : – What’s hot stays hot– well, at least for a while. Making a movie with a mixture of this could be interesting and fun. Put humor in the mix plus empower/educate the public about Global Warming.

Story 2. Lunatic – buy some wings and do some lunatic type of video but keep the positive aspect of it. You could be one of the greatest lunatic yet have the greatest ideas to change this world.

Story 3 : Create a suspense at the beginning, then reveal it at the end. Use any ideas here, say like you are showing a bag that looks like liquor wrapped in a paper bag, later reveal to the audience that it is nothing but a GREEN BANANA – hoping it will rip faster by wrapping this way.

Story 4 : Make a comedy of movies. I know many youtubers have done this. It’s fun and comedy is always the #1 on youtube. What do you think ? Mind you though, this will require perhaps dual role if you are the only character to perform as other characters.

Story 5 :  Create a nature video. It’s easy and you don’t need to ask anyone. Nature is all around you. Take photos or video using your camcorder, then use video editing software, mix with some music. When using music, you could do the audio swap that youtube allows so you don’t have to worry about copyright issues. For free music, it’s best to create yourself. There are tons of software out there but my recommended one is FruityLoops and Magix Music Maker. Just google them and buy some audio packs which consists of beats like drums etc which you can use to create your own music. Another simple but a bit costly ideas is buy a budget piano. Create something yourself – don’t try to copy. How ? Forget about all kinds of music you are listening, just follow your natural instinct. Perhaps that can help. Also try the freesound.org site which has bunches of FREE music you can use with some limitations such as attributions for creator etc.

Story 6 :  Like playing games ? Record it and share it. But be careful about doing a lot of this since you are using someone’s copyrighted material again. I would write to the company and explain them what kind of video you are making, perhaps they will give you permission and hey you might make the best film from it.

Story 7 :  Show bad and good side of two characters,  make them look bad at times but good at times but at the end, let the viewers decide if they really where bad. What I mean by bad and good, could be positive or negative.

Story 8 : Make a travel video. This is one of the easiest thing to do but a few things will need to be noted. How are you going 2 mount your camcorder ? You will need some help on this. Just google for accessories. I’ve heard many people have made great video using  just duct tapes. But I would be weary if my $600 HD camcorder goes flying somewhere for a 10 second of a video. LOL !!

Story 9 : Create videos about Youtube itself. Use screen recording software like Camstudio (which is free). You could show what youtube could become in 2012 or something like that. Just use a bit of your web design skills and it shouldn’t be hard. If you need help, commment below.

Story 10 :  Have a pet. People like pet videos. But you could use them as characters. It’s always the story that counts. If you don’t have a story, don’t worry. Take lots of far, closeup videos of your pets such as birds, cats and go through them and see if you can create a film out of it. You might be surprised – they act when they want and not when you want !

Well, that’s all for now. Can you share some of your ideas for me and others.

Just comment.

Have fun!

– ruben