How do I save an imovie as a disk image to improve playability?

I have been advised that if I save my movies as disk images then burn them onto DVDs I have a better chance of having them work.
Problem: I can't work out how to save as disk image - there seems to be no way to do it, as in the applications-utilities there is no provision for it.
Help please.
Mac OS X (10.3.9)

It's not clear exactly what your goal is, so I'll try to cover a couple bases.
Creating a disk image that contains your iMovie project will not help you burn a DVD in either iDVD or Toast. When these programs burn a DVD, they encode (convert and compress) the iMovie project movie to a format that can be played in a DVD player. They do NOT burn the iMovie project onto the DVD. They make their own version of the movie and format the DVD so a DVD player can play it. So if the goal is to burn a DVD, creating a disk image of the iMovie project won't help.
If your goal is to move the iMovie HD project to another computer, that can be done by connecting the two computers with an Ethernet cable. Or if you have a FireWire drive, you could use it move the project from one computer to another.
If none of that is possible, you could use the Finder to burn the iMovie project onto a DVD, as a file, if the project will fit. (The Finder copies it to the DVD as a data file, NOT a TV-playable DVD.) The Finder lets you copy files to a DVD just like copying them to a hard disk. Your project has to to small enough to fit, however, and many projects are too large.
Note that unlike the Finder, Toast lets you burn a large data file across multiple DVDs.
If I've misunderstood everything, please say more.
Karl

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