My articles are on-line! You can find them at Chris's
site (http://www.dvinfo.net/). Go directly into the
Articles menu and you'll see the following new
articles under DV Production Notes:

My First Movie: Taking Those First Steps, Part One
My First Movie: Taking Those First Steps, Part Two

Please let me know what you think!

Thanks!

Sounds like a good time was had by all. I really enjoyed reading your article Rob, it was really enteraining and pretty well written, even more so when you consider English isn't your first language.

I can't wait to see the finished product. You are one of the people who sum up what DV is all about, that's having a go. Props to ya mate, I'm sure it will be the first of many and the beginning of something good.

Like Adrian, I really enjoyed reading it. Isn't it remarkable how much time and detail go into even the most modest project? It really sounds like you're having fun.

Re: "Doing more than one take..." I just watched "Made" last night. The DVD features an "Editing Workshop" where you can select from 4 takes on each of 4 parts of a scene to build the scene yourself. Pretty entertaining feature, although reading the DVD is a slow process. What's most entertaining, though, is how different of a feeling each take can give to the scene.