Home economics teachers comprise the newest group of professionals to become movie producers and directors. They are using video equipment--the video camera, monitor, and recorder. Advantages of video equipment for classroom use are affordable prices, tapes that can be reused, and student enjoyment of teacher-made tapes. Home economics content is well suited to video use. Areas more appropriate than others include clothing and textiles, consumer economics and management, and interior design and housing. Good sources for making videos are the students themselves, field trips, and resource persons. Videos add to class lectures by reinforcing lessons, introducing units of study, and stimulating class discussions. A video usage survey of vocational home economics teachers in Texas indicates that most school districts have video equipment in the high schools; over one-half of home economics departments do not have video equipment available; given the opportunity, teachers would use video equipment; videos are considered a good teaching tool; and over three-fourths of the teachers think students do benefit from watching videos. (YLB)