Funny Ideas

Making a funny video for a school project starts with a comedic premise. Create a comedy sketch that spirals out of control. Spoof a popular show or movie for a certain laugh. Shoot a period piece and explore the ridiculousness of our past through today's eyes. Film a fake newsroom video and cover a wide range of funny stories.

Sketch Comedy

Shoot a skit or comedy sketch with an essential joke premise. Many sketches use the comedic tool of escalation. Escalation is used to build a joke from a believable idea to a ridiculous conclusion. Dangerous or embarrassing situations make perfect starting points to expand on. Have one person in the skit play the role of the straight man. This person will be charged with reacting to the absurdity of the situation and will set up the jokes for your other players. Make a "mockumentary" to cover a topic in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Use hidden cameras to capture funny circumstances without getting anyone in trouble.


Spoof

A spoof of a recognizable film or TV show could be shot for a school video project. Choose something that your audience will be immediately familiar with. Choosing something serious to spoof is usually easier than spoofing a comedy. In a comedy the jokes have already been explored and fleshed out. Spoofing a dramatic or action show gives you first crack at the jokes, making your work easier.


Period Piece

Use black-and-white or sepia-toned video techniques to create a funny period piece video. Some digital editing programs will even allow you to "auto-age" your video, adding dust glitches, lines and burnouts. You will need to gather costumes that represent what was worn during the period your video is imagined to be. Antique furnishings and antiquated clothing accessories will convey the time period without your actors having to say a word. Easy jokes can be made about the simplicity and formalities of the past.


Newsroom

A fake newsroom video will give your comedy video a broad spectrum of topics to work with. News anchors report on stories that range from tragic to hilarious every day. This juxtaposition of circumstance creates a great forum for a comedy video. Your comedy news reporters can lightheartedly cover topics that are on the minds of fellow students with a comedic spin.

Funny Topic Ideas

Funny speech topic ideas for public speaking including 30 funny informative speech topics and persuasive and fun speech topics for kids. More ideas for speeches on the main page of the Fun section.

Ten examples of fun informative speech topics:

1. Tips for merging two households.
2. Three ways to write the best gift card.
3. How to decode the secret signs of baseball catchers.
4. Five ways to keep going a boring conversation at a cocktail party.
5. How to act like your are earth-friendly.
6. Trics to remember names.
7. How to address the President, a Senator, a Representative, Member of Parliament, the Pope, the Queen and other high officials.
8. A ride in a hot air balloon from take off to save landing.
9. Ways to live on the cheap.
10. How to drive unwanted visitors crazy by painting a psychedelic wall mural.

Ten persuasive funny topic

1. Men remember: women want brightcolored, funny and worthless goodies as a gift.
2. Do's and don'ts when visiting a new mother and baby.
3. Being rude is the only way to get off telemarketers.
4. It should be made illegal to phone while driving a car.
5. Tips to take toll high ways or bridges without paying.
6. Let others pay your holiday trips with the perfect collect call strategy.
7. Decorating your college apartment with a low budget.
8. How to handle well-meaning people you don't like.
9. Effective optical cleaning methods for your home shortly before your parents arrive.
10. The ten commandments in a restaurant boys and girls room.


Ten kid funny topic

1. How to drive the baby-sitter crazy.
2. Tips for chosing a practical lunch box.
3. How to behave in a chique restaurant.
4. How to design your own personal place mat.
5. How to make funny shaped ice cubes.
6. Tips to answer the phone well.
7. Three fun games to play at beach.
8. Sleeping a night in the backyard with a friend.
9. The funniest amusement parks.
10. Ways to re-use stickers that are not sticky anymore. Or list many bumpersticker texts and see if they could be turned into a funny speech topic!

Funny People

usually like to deride others, but sometimes it can be funny to see people in public.

It is a new blog where you can post those people who seem to not care what the world thinks of them. There is actually a guy with implants on the site, yes you read that right, a dude with boobs. Classy with a K. Looks like this guy was planning on hiding in the woods after he robbed the bank.

"Funny People" is the story of a famous comedian having a life crisis. Basically, George Simmons finds out he is ill and then wonders what the hell he did with his life. Was it all worth it? In order to make this character feel real we had to create the story of his career. In order to do this we combined real clips from Adam [Sandler]’s early stand-up days, some very old home videos of him and a bunch of fake movie clips which we created.


THE GENERAL IDEA

The synopsis for Funny People reads something like this: “George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a very successful yet self-involved stand-up comedian who learns that he has an incurable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira Wright (Weiner is his actual last name) (Seth Rogen) is a struggling up-and-coming stand-up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One thing these different men have in common is that neither of them have any close friends. One night, George takes notice of Ira when they perform at the same club and he hires him to be his semi-personal assistant and opening act at his performances. George and Ira form a close bond as George teaches Ira how to win the crowd and Ira helps the dying George find closure in his legacy. However, when George learns that his disease has gone into remission and an old flame (Leslie Mann) reenters his life, his recent near death experience inspires him to reevaluate what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life.”