Cyber Film School Moviemaking Website Video Production Video is inexpensive, easy to shoot and can be seen immediately through the camera or from a color monitor.
Video is also extremely effective in low-budget commercial and music video filming.
In fact, DV is so good that many well-known filmmakers, including Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Mike Figgis, Joel Schumacher and Hal Hartley are now shooting DV feature films and documentaries. How Video Works Video cameras or camcorders consist of a camera, lens, viewfinder and an on-camera microphone. There are numerous digital and analog video camera formats available. Each offers different levels of quality, features, size and cost. DV is also successfully blown up to 16mm and 35mm for theatrical distribution or projection.