Old New Borrowed Blue: Excuses to Use Your Camcorder

You remember your beloved camcorder, the one you were so excited to get. The one you "needed." The one that has been hibernating for months. If your camcorder honeymoon has ended, then read on for some montage ideas that will put the zing back into your zoom. A montage is a rapid sequence of video shots assembled to communicate a particular image or mood. Choose an idea or subject that interests you, any idea or subject--cars, people, dinosaurs, architecture--and go shoot it! To help spur your imagination, we've taken the old wedding tradition of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" and transformed them into montage ideas.

Something Old
Turn everything old into something new: a new montage. Shooting older photographs, people and household items helps preserve your memories of them. It's also a great excuse to dig through that shoebox full of snapshots and clean out the attic.

Video Photo Album
Create your own video scrapbook. A video photo album is a great gift for someone you love. Pull out old snapshots and clippings, set them up in chronological order on a solid-color surface and shoot them. You can play some of your favorite oldies music as you record the visuals. If your camcorder or VCR has an audio dub feature, you can add music…