
Sarah, use the video quality on my website as a guide. These are neither great nor poor. They were shot w/ a Sony TRV-330 Digital Camcorder using a tripod for stability. A regular camcorder w/ adequate lighting supported on a tripod should give sufficient results. Camcorders are now selling for as little as 200 bucks, so its a good investment, especially if you're planning to send videos to universities as part of the application process. And , if nothing else, you can use a camcorder to shoot video of the house pet doing funny stuff, send them in to the Real Video Television show and possibly win 10 grand first prize! Stranger things have happened!

As to length, 5 minutes max. is a good length to shoot for. Surprisingly, Sarah, you are the first person so far to express an interest so it might be just you and me, kid, unless other opt in. BTW, what piece might you be interested in videotaping?