Movie Clips

Preparation Time:  Hours, even days

Duration:  15-30 minutes

Ingredients needed: TV and VCR, second VCR to record from, Various movies, Blank VHS Tape

Description: This game requires a LOT of preparation time, but its really worth it if the Guest of Honor is a movie buff!  The guests are shown a video containing 10 or so clips from various movies.  They have to identify the movie title and the relevant character(s).

This game can be done for both Bridal and Baby showers.  I've done wedding scenes for a movie themed bridal shower, and Disney Babies scenes for a Disney themed baby shower.  

How to get ready:  Once you've picked a theme for your clips, start finding the right movies.  We borrowed a lot of our movies from other people, so we only had to rent two to complete our sets.  Plan the order of the clips - try to intersperse long scenes with short ones, too many short scenes in a row doesn't give people time to write their answers down.  Fast forward each movie to a few seconds BEFORE the scene you want to record. 

To make the tape, you'll need to set up two VCRs, one to play the movie on, one to record on.  I'm terrible at technical stuff like this, but it wasn't all that hard. Then just play each clip, recording onto the blank tape.  I used the pause function to keep from having static in between each clip, but other folks might have more advanced equipment.  Don't get discouraged if you have to rerecord - it might take a few clips to get the steps right for your VCR.

When  you're ready to show the video, make sure your room is arranged so everyone can see the screen.  Tell them what they're supposed to do before you start the video, and give them paper and pen.

For a wedding clips video, they should write down the movie, then the names of the bride and groom.  Actor names are extra credit.

For a baby clips video, they should write the name of the movie and the name of the baby.

One nice thing about this game, while the guests are watching the video, you can go and prepare the next game or the food or the gifts.  Free time!  

Helpful stuff:   Here's a list of wedding scenes that are fairly recognizable and might appeal to a wide range of ages.  When I created my tape, I put them in chronological order - the betrothal, wedding plans, wedding jitters, the ceremony, the reception, etc.

Any of the Little Women movies - Meg should have a wedding scene in each of them.

Four Weddings and a Funeral - watch the language in this one!

The Muppets Take Manhattan - there's a long scene where they sing about getting married

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - either the June Bride sequence or the multiple shotgun wedding at the end

The Sound of Music

The Graduate

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

The Princess Bride

Remember, you can't sell the tape that you create or sell tickets to people to watch it.  I'm sure that breaks all sorts of laws somewhere.