A method for recording media generated within a virtual world from user selectable locations that chosen by a participant of the virtual world without requiring a link with a location of their avatar. The media may be audio or video or still images generated or rendered within the virtual world. The method allows a user to insert independent movie recorders in a virtual world with the cameras associated with such recorders being independent from the avatar and each other. A virtual world generator may include a movie recorder module that allows a participant of the virtual world to insert a movie recorder into the world. The user may also change its position to selectively position a camera on the front portion of the movie recorder body and change the orientation of the movie recorder to allow the user to determine the scene within the world recorded by the camera.