Jr. Okay, so you want to put together a videotape. You've got a camcorder, and you've learned how to use it. Now what you want to do is to make the entire production as painless as possible.
Preparation is the key.
If you are well prepared, you'll save yourself a tremendous amount of time and aggravation in the shooting and editing phases. Steve Esposito, Director of University Television I. Planning. The very first thing you must do when deciding to put together a videotape is to plan your show. You need to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what your finished product is going to look like. In other words, you need to write a shooting script.