I will apply for a grant in my district for video equipment and don't know what to buy.  A couple years ago I used ipods (that's what we had) for 4th graders to film each other doing book talk interviews (one was the interviewer, the other the interviewee, and a 3rd held the camera).  Sound was a problem (noisy in the library with many groups doing this at once), and the results were very wiggly.  I know tripods would be helpful, and microphones.  I welcome any advice as to what equipment ideally to use for this project.