35+ Fun Things to Do When You’re Bored

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    Phone or text a friend. Ask them to pop around to make a video together. This could be a friend you always speak to or even a friend you rarely speak to.

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    Lay out your ideas. Explain to them, when they get to your house, any video ideas that you have. Say that you would rather do a ‘What to do when you are bored’ video.

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    Set up the camera. Whether this is an iPad camera, a camera that has video, or an iPhone, it will work. Make sure you have the apps required to edit it and put them together; there are plenty of apps that can do this in the App Store.

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    Record it. It’s always best to get one friend to say what the activity is, and then get the other friend to act out doing the activity after the first friend has said it, by recording two separate videos.

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    Put the videos together using an app from the App Store. Remember, there are plenty you can download and try out, and if you don’t like it or it’s not what you thought it was, delete it and find another one.

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    Edit your work. If you don’t like it, record the parts that you weren’t quite happy with, or start over again. If you are happy with it, post it on a social media site like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or even YouTube, and show off to your other friends what you can do.

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