birthday-video-maker
# Birthday Video Maker — Tribute Videos, Slideshows, and Surprise Reels
## Use Cases
1. **Milestone Birthday Tributes** — Seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth birthdays call for a life retrospective. Birthday Video Maker assembles decades of photos and videos into a chronological narrative with chapter titles, era-matched visual styles, and a narration track generated from your written notes about each period of the honoree's life.
2. **Surprise Party Video** — Friends and family each record a ten-second "happy birthday" clip on their phones. Birthday Video Maker combines all submissions into a single polished reel with consistent audio levels, coordinated transitions, and a title sequence — the kind of production that normally requires a dedicated video editor to assemble.
3. **Kids' Birthday Content** — One-year-old to sweet sixteen: parents capturing the party want a same-day reel for Instagram Stories and a longer keepsake video for the family archive. Birthday Video Maker edits the party footage into a short social reel and a full three-to-five minute family film with a single request.
4. **Corporate Milestone Celebrations** — Employee work anniversaries, retirement send-offs, and team celebrations need a professional tribute video that won't look like a personal slideshow. Birthday Video Maker applies clean, professional styling with animated lower-thirds, brand-consistent color palette, and an appropriate corporate tone.
## How It Works
1. **Upload your media** — Photos, videos, family-submitted clips. Supports mixed formats and quality levels.
2. **Describe the story** — "Tribute video for my dad's 70th birthday. Organize chronologically from childhood to now. Chapter titles for each decade. Funny tone for the first half, sentimental for the second."
3. **Select output formats** — Full tribute film, social reel, looping slideshow, or all three simultaneously.
4. **Download and share** — Each format exports at the correct spec for its destination (venue display, Instagram, photo booth loop).
```bash
curl -X POST https://mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai/api/v1/generate \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NEMO_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"skill": "birthday-video-maker",
"input": {
"media_urls": ["https://...photos.zip", "https://...family-clips/"],
"subject": "Dad'\''s 70th birthday",
"tone": "funny-then-sentimental",
"outputs": ["10min tribute film", "1min social reel", "looping slideshow"],
"music_url": "https://...birthday-song.mp3"
}
}'
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `media_urls` | array | Photos, videos, or zip archives of submitted clips |
| `subject` | string | Who the video is for and the occasion |
| `tone` | string | `funny`, `sentimental`, `professional`, `funny-then-sentimental` |
| `outputs` | array | Requested formats: tribute film, social reel, slideshow |
| `music_url` | string | Optional: specific song for the soundtrack |
| `chapters` | array | Optional: custom chapter titles for each life period |
## Tips
- Label contributed clips by sender name so Birthday Video Maker can add name lower-thirds to each submission
- Include at least one photo per decade for a complete chronological story
- Specify the venue screen aspect ratio (16:9 for most projection screens, 9:16 for phone-based slideshows)
- For surprise videos, collect submissions via a shared folder link and upload the whole folder in one go
- Mention the honoree's name and key life facts in the subject field to improve generated narration accuracy
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