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Vide-oooh:

Create a surreal video montage. Record a three-second video daily of whatever you want, then stitch them together at the end of the week, month, or whatever time you like.

Picture show:

Go see whatever's showing at a local independent theatre. If you don't have one near, pick a random video to watch on the TED talk website.

Filmathon:

Have a movie marathon of films released the year you were born.

TED:

Watch the first TED talk you find on ted.com that starts with the first letter of your first name. Apparently, mine's going to be "Let your garden grow wild". I note that I don't have a garden. You could also choose something at random.

Find:

Create a photo essay or photo scavenger hunt.

Gamify:

Find a way to gamify your movie-watching experience to help you choose a new movie to watch each week. If it's a foreign (to you) film, try a food from that country for your movie snack.

Stop:

Make a stop-motion video using clay, toys, home goods, old jewellery, etc.

Silent:

Create a 15 or 30-second silent film - animated, drawn, live action, or whatever other form you like.

Letters:

Create a stop motion film where the letters of a particular word rearrange themselves across a surface into different shapes or patterns.

Time lapse:

Create a time-lapse of, for example, something growing and augment each image with text or other decoration.

Words:

Think of a favourite quotation, lyric, or saying and find a way to illustrate it. Collage, drawings, still images from cartoons or films, etc.

Cast:

Pick a book you enjoyed that's never been made into a film, and cast its film.


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