I recorded this scene at my work place. It was a weekend afternoon and I had to go into work for something I don't even remember anymore. Anyway, I brought my two kids in and they played some fooz ball while I worked. Then I gave them each a dollar bill to choose whatever they wanted from the vending machine. She wanted Twizzlers. I happened to have my video camcorder.

This video should be required classroom material for any college psychology class. How about you? Did you get the Twizzlers of your life or did someone talk you into having something else instead?

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If I can only give you one advice for making home movies, it's this: Don't just record events, make a story. What's in a good story? An unexpected twist.

Watch this video below and you'll agree, it's not turning out the way you assumed it would …

Did your kids ever get the honor of bringing home the class pet during school holidays? Many years from now, they won't remember what was taught in school but they'll remember that class pet experience.

Video Editing Tips

• Show contrast (in this case, peace, then shrieks)
• An opening music brings out the peaceful mood in the beginning
• Capture children's voices – something you'll miss a lot when they are grown.

This short 36-second video illustrates several ideas:

• You can use a video to teach a lesson to kids (not to talk about your winnings, in this case).
• You don't need a long video to tell a story. This one, as I said, is only 36 seconds.
• Choosing the appropriate music can add a punch to your video. I am very picky about picking the right sound track accompaniment to my video.
• It also illustrates my #1 rule for making videos: capture the story, not the event.