I'm toying with the idea of making a very short movie or two, through which I plan to chronicle some select adventures. I'm just starting my research and thought I'd include this crowd.

I'm talking home movies, and this will be my first foray. Does anyone dabble in this? Any recommendations for software programs that a reasonably intelligent neo-luddite could figure out? The Roxio Easy Media Creator seems reasonably priced for what you get and it seems to have received pretty good reviews. Adobe has a $100-ish program that also gets pretty good reviews. I'd like something that will allow me to do some minor editing, but nothing major/complicated.

As for cameras, there are so many out there! (I know a lot of them come with software, so that may ultimately dictate whether or not I need an extra package.) Any advice on recording format? Why or why not choose a certain type? I'd like to spend in the $500 range for a camera, and I would like it to work reasonably well indoors as well as outdoors. From the zillions of reviews I've read, it seems that the $400 and less cameras may work reasonably well for outdoor filming, but not so good for indoor.

Finally, I'd like to eventually include a helmet/head cam in all this. What would they be called in the tech world (if I were to do a search on C|Net or something)? Anyone ever use one?

I will close by saying that if this is too complicated I will scream and run away. So if anyone has experience with this and tells me that it is complicated, then pah! I'm done.

Thanks, ladies.