SoCG'09 - Suggestions for Producing Movie Clips
Useful Tips
Plan your movie using a storyboard
Hold a shot longer for subjects that may be unfamiliar to your audience and shorter for subjects which are easily understood.
The better the quality of your original material, the better your final product will be.
Useful Links
LLNL's video guidelines
Technical guides from MIT graphics lab
Encoding MPEG-4 for SIGGRAPH Submissions
Virtual dub
Avoid saturated colors
Storyboarding to video using iMovie
A Guide to Picture Size