[Dan Richardson]

Tho windows movie maker, may be pretty basic, It could still be more than enough than you need for movies, especially music videos. Its all about getting creative with your shots, and knowing what to use. If you could get your hands on a mac, Imovie 4 is a GREAT option for things like this, especially if you can incorporate garage band mastering and recording into the video. I've seen some SUPERB videos made in Imovie. But for special effects, such as green screen and the cropping, you'll need something more powerful, depends on how into things you want to get. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and the like are quite good in these areas and are pretty simple to use, once you figure out.

But my advice to you is, don't worry too much about the software your using, get more creative with the camera itself, the better you get with it, and sound recording, the better your movies will turn out. The special effects are cool and awesome to do when you get better, but its not the place to start.