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Become a camcorder pro: A 10-step guide to making your footage shine

By Chris Stevens, CNET.co.uk on 07 July 2006

Many camcorder enthusiasts dream of making a movie that captures the popular imagination. From the nauseating Blair Witch Project to the impressive auto-biopic Tarnation, low-budget DV film-making has taken mainstream cinema by storm. Here's a 10-step guide to making your footage shine.

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Comments (5)

  • Tehilla commented on 19/10/2007 03:11 Report abuse

    hey.. i lost my disc of "firt step guide" to my video camera sony trv 270e. i have to connect my camera to the computer' and looking for this thing... if there is someone that know how or can add a link i'll be happy... thanks.

  • redsim commented on 31/08/2007 10:50 Report abuse

    Hi great article, I'm a newbie who bought a decent panasonic DV camera a few months ago and havent really used it much. This has inspired me to make a mini film.

  • Deep commented on 05/01/2007 16:39 Report abuse

    Why you didnt included Tripod ? Its damn Important for film making to steady the shots. Isnt it?

  • Daniel Hodgkinson commented on 27/12/2006 00:27 Report abuse

    Here is a link to a site that has a tutorial to make a cheap improvised steadicam

    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/

  • lionel commented on 27/09/2006 08:12 Report abuse

    good

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