How-To Guides:
Digital Moviemaking with iMovie
Part 3: What You'll Need

For Macintosh Users

Part 1: Tips for Movie Making	Part 2: Capturing video on a digital camcorder	Part 3: What you'll need (hardware / software)	Part 4: Connecting a digital camcorder to your computer	Part 5: Using iMovie
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3. What you'll need (hardware / software)

For this project, you will need access to the following equipment / software:

Camera Equipement

Digital Camcorder (the one described in this guide is a Canon DM-GL1A camcorder)
Charged camcorder battery
Camcorder power supply (may come in 2 parts, the charge/connection box with an electrical outlet, and the cord connecting the box to the camera)
Blank digital videocassette

Computer Equipment/Software

Macintosh G3 or G4 computer with firewire connection
Large amount of available hard drive space on the computer, or a removable media drive (an external firewire drive)
Firewire connection cable to connect the camera to the computer
iMovie 2 software

Part 1: Tips for Movie Making	Part 2: Capturing video on a digital camcorder	Part 3: What you'll need (hardware / software)	Part 4: Connecting a digital camcorder to your computer	Part 5: Using iMovie
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