(I can't believe more people don't do this already!)

Hi, my name is Gary Collier, and I want to share a personal story with you.  When my kids were still kids (five of them, ages 5 to 13), I went out and rented a video camera, and for one week I shot a movie with them!  I knew nothing about it other than what I'd learned as a kid taking 8 mm movies with my parents' movie camera.  It was great!  What I did was draw on the tremendous imagination and energy of my kids and we came up with a movie called, "The Next-to-the-Last Starfighters," in which they ruled over the galaxy (in peace, of course).  They simply loved the idea!  Especially when they saw the finished movie.  From that point on, they wanted to do more.  I still can't believe more people don't do this! My daughter Julie is now in her mid-20's and has a little boy of her own.  Here's what she says about it . . . Little girls always dream of being singers, dancers or movie stars...and I was one of those little girls, I confess! I was a closet actress and rock star, and I admit it with a straight face!  . . . I look forward to helping create these kinds of memories for my son, (now 5 months old) when he is older and ready to help me write a script!  (click on the picture to see Julie's full statement) The boys loved it, too.  One of them still makes video movies and is now in college, thinking of going to film school! Film school or not, this hobby is simply terrific!  And anybody can do it.  (If I can do it, anybody can do it!) So, do yourself -- and your kids -- a favor, Go make a movie with your kids! You won't regret it. Gary D. Collier P.S. Oh, if you want to, you can do it like we did . . . one blind step after another.  We figured it out, you can too.  But if you want some help, my kids and I have written up our 15 years of experience and have put it all on a CD so you can see it.   It was a lot of work, but here it is: Just click on the cover to see more about it. Or, for more general information, click here But again, whether you follow these links or not, do yourself and your kids a favor: Go make a movie with your kids!