Sluggo said:
Bingowings:

I think you ought to take a crack at it. I (and I am sure others here as well) can assist with some freeware to get you started. Put together a few smaller projects (like trailers) for fun and to hone some skills. I've been teaching myself some tricks here and there in preperation for some projects of my own.

Seriously, if you want a project done right, don't farm it out to someone else unless you downright can't do it.

Just my 2 cents.

That's a very kind offer and as I said I am tempted.

I'm a mac user and the only editing software I've used are iMovie and HyperEngine (so you can see I'm very green).

But any help you can give in getting started would be greatly appreciated.