Tips Before You Get Started

Before jumping into something complicated, know your requirements first:

1) What you really need — in terms of equipment and software — to make it work and happen.

2) The concepts you have to understand in order to use any of the popular editing packages.

3) A title at the beginning

4) A set of “shots” cut together in a nice way to tell a story

5) A fairly high number of shots

6) Interesting transitions between the shots