| What I love about the range of pocket camcorders, | | | | panoramic and aerial tracking shots!! You are not |
| like the Flip Camera, that are available today is their | | | | limited that is what is so fun. The Flip Camera to use |
| sheer versatility and usability. It used to be that you | | | | its example again, comes with pretty good sound |
| had a big clunky video tape machine that you | | | | recording facility too so you are not compromising in |
| wandered around with stuck to your shoulder. They | | | | this area. |
| were good at the time and were used for years in | | | | All this new technology means that hungry film |
| electronic news gathering roles. If you were a little bit | | | | makers of any age and background can give |
| inventive you could hand hold it for low shots or | | | | themselves a chance to create something amazing. |
| even put it on the ground or hang it out of a moving | | | | Equipment is no longer holding them back. It means |
| vehicle. But even this could be seen as severe | | | | that the power of story will once again come to the |
| limitation compared with today's tiny gadgets. | | | | fore. Democratizing the means to make films doesn't |
| With a modern camcorder you now have unrivaled | | | | result in a deluge of rubbish movies; it allows the best |
| freedom to express yourself through the power of | | | | of the lot, the cream of the crop from new, amateur |
| the image. The small size means you can put these | | | | film-makers to rise to the top. Which means, if you |
| cameras almost anywhere to get your shot. Jam into | | | | are a film fan, the next few years could be very |
| crevices, hang them out of windows - you can even | | | | exciting ones. |
| attach them to helium balloons on strings for | | | | |