I strongly suggest you try Mogulus with Flash Media Encoder (FME).
Obviously, the things that make for good recorded video hold true for
live as well (effective lighting, good white balance, good manual
focusing, appropriate camera exposure, good audio, etc...)
FME on it's own is interesting
Cool :)
Its not really clear to me where Im going with creating video myself,
there are massive gaps in my abilities. But Ive had a decade long
fascination with realtime computer animation, from virtual pupeteering
to virtual bands that play along with the music, mixed with real live
video in