How Can Shooting Video Help Writers & Actors

Want to see your screenplays turned into feature films and television pilots? Want to get the big roles? Pick up a video camera and start shooting. If you don't understand why its critical to master the skills required to create and edit video, or to work with those who do, then you should watch this segment.

Tip: A Mac Mini and a cheap DV camera can let you create and edit video for under $1000. The Macintosh IMOVIE software comes with the mini and is more than adequate for capturing clips and burning files you can put on your website, out as podcasts or burn on to CD. You can create feature films with a Mac G5, a good minidv camera and a firewire drive. For those using PCs, Roxio Software has the tools required to capture and edit video.