How to Create Halloween Prank Videos for YouTube? [2023]

Here is a detailed tutorial to show you how to create Halloween prank videos for YouTube on your computer.

“Hello, trick or treat?” Halloween is coming soon. Are you ready for it? Halloween is a fun time, people usually attend Halloween costume parties, play divination games, make pumpkin lanterns, play pranks, and so on. Creating Halloween prank videos is also a good idea. A horror video with thrilling background music will surely scare the viewers. In this post, we will show you the easiest way to make a Halloween video on your computer step by step. Check it out now!

How to Create Halloween Prank Videos for YouTube on a PC?

To create Halloween prank videos for YouTube, you can use a screen recorder and a video editor to help you. There are many types of prank videos. You can make it up to be a scary ghost, make it a combination of horror shots from a movie, or you can decorate your room like a vampire house. RecMaster is a lightweight but competent screen recording application that allows you to record almost everything on the desktop, system sound, microphone sound, and webcam. And it is also one of the easy-to-use screen recording applications. Let’s read on and learn more.

Step 1: Download and install the video recorder

Step 2: Launch RecMaster and choose a recording mode

Step 3: Finish the video capturing

Step 4: Make your Halloween prank videos more eye-catching

Step 5: Upload the video to YouTube

Step 1: Download and install the video recorder

First of all, you can free download and install RecMaster by clicking the buttons below. The Windows version works on Windows 10/8/7/XP and the newest Windows 11. The Mac version is suitable for Mac OS X 10.11 or above.

Step 2: Launch RecMaster and choose a recording mode

And then, you can run this reliable software. This super-easy screen recorder offers seven recording modes: the Full-screen mode, Custom-area mode, Game mode, Program-window mode, Follow-cursor mode, Webcam mode, and Audio-only mode. You can choose any of them to use. If you want to record a fragment of a horror movie that cannot be downloaded, you can choose the Full-screen mode or Custom-area mode. If you want to dub the horror video yourself, you can turn on the microphone. And besides, you can use the Webcam mode to record yourself. Dress up as a witch or vampire, pretend that you are bleeding, and you can use some props such as knives and candles to make the video scarier.

Step 3: Finish the video capturing

When you are satisfied with the recording, you can click on the stop icon(or press the Alt key + 2) to stop it. Then, the recorded video will be saved in the recording list. In the list, you can rewatch/rename/edit/delete/locate/share the recordings.

Step 4: Make your Halloween prank videos more eye-catching

The next step is to make your video more attractive. This Halloween video recorder has a built-in editing tool that allows you to do some basic editing such as cutting, trimming, adding subtitles, and removing the logo. If you are a Windows 10 user, you can use Microsoft’s own built-in video editor. You just need to type video editor into the Search bar and launch the app. By using this user-friendly editing tool, you can add text, music, 3D objects, effects, etc. In addition, there are many excellent free video editing software such as VideoPad, OpenShot, Shotcut, iMovie, and so on. In order to make your video scarier, you can add suitable background music to it. You may not know that YouTube has an audio library that enables you to free download BGM. Just jump to your channel>> Audio library>> Download. Use the music in the YouTube audio library to create Halloween prank videos, you don’t need to worry about the copyright of the BGM. And you can refer to How to Get Free to Use Halloween Music to get more.

Step 5: Upload the video to YouTube

The last step is to upload your prank video to YouTube and share it with your friends and family. Just wait till Halloween to see if they have been tricked or scared.

Conclusion

After reading this tutorial, you should know how to create Halloween prank videos for YouTube on your computer. This is not a difficult thing, as long as you are creative and use reliable tools. RecMaster is a powerful screen recorder and has many advanced features such as setting a personal watermark, scheduling a recording, adding cursor effects, etc. Get this good video capture software and start preparing your Halloween prank video now!

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