One of our goals is to always be promoting the projects and content that our community creates. Today we look at one of our youngest but remarkably, most talented members Mattson Tomlin of New York who has created several short and feature films in his promising young career.

His current short film project “Early Retirement” should be successfully completed in the next month or so. You can get a sneak peak at the first 5 minutes of the film below in its semi-rough form, while seeing the great potential the entertainment piece has. I for one find it very interesting to see early versions of projects in progress to see first hand how post production improves content quality.

Expect to see the full film soon on our partner’s video sharing site, and we intend to also feature the film on our homepage to show what our community is capable of creating. Keep up the hard work Mattson, and continue to follow your dreams as a filmmaker.

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Every wildly successful company ever built has one thing in common with all the rest, that is they have talented people. Up until this point most of the people behind Spidvid have been engineers and developers who have programmed code to bring to reality my vision for the platform.

There are many features and functionalities lined up for the future, but the core development is pretty much complete. So now it’s time to really start attracting our early adopter user-base, getting these members to actively post or bid on projects, and helping to promote the video and film content which gets created by our community.

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been speaking with a guy who knows both community building and media very well. I’ve been looking for someone who not only has experience in marketing and media, but one who has been a hard working entrepreneur and who can relate to the startup company culture. There never seemed to be a really good fit until I was connected to Adam Klein through the online talent recruitment service Solvate.

Adam officially started yesterday and will post updates on our Facebook page, collaborate with me on the soon to be released Spidvid newsletter, attract new members through LinkedIn, connect with bloggers, and come up with interesting blog ideas to write about and share with you all here.

Like myself, Adam is also a big fan of marketing and leadership guru Seth Godin which has value because he shares best common practices with me when it comes to marketing, and community building. And with a guy who drinks out of a “HERO” mug, how can I go wrong?!

Welcome to the team Adam, I know you will play a key role in growing and activating the Spidvid community.

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I had a graphics designer take an ugly rough diagram sketch I created in MS Paint, and turn it into something that people could actually understand and appreciate.

The diagram outlines how a project moves from the idea stage to completion, and how the team member pieces move and interact with each other throughout a project’s life cycle.

My team is doing everything possible so that people can more easily grasp how Spidvid works, and how the platform can benefit their video and film production projects. If you have any questions or need some clarification on anything you can contact us directly, or leave a comment below.

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I filmed the below video on Easter long weekend but didn’t get around to editing it until just recently. For some people the video is a bit distorted, while others see it fine. If the quality isn’t so good for you I apologize but please listen closely to the messages I have for all of the passionate entrepreneurs out there.

I use Mark Zuckerberg who is the founder of Facebook as an example of an unexpected entrepreneur, and an accidental billionaire. Follow your passion, be remarkable, and leave your imprint on the world.

I hope you enjoy the video, and have a fun and exciting weekend.

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With the recent release of Apple’s newest shiny toy the iPad, I decided that today was a good time to write a post on what it means for video creators and filmmakers. First of all flash is not supported on the iPad, so online videos need to be encoded into the HTML5 format to be successfully played on the device. A few platforms are supporting the iPad including Brightcove who always make it a mandate to allow all uploaded content to play on any screen capable of delivering videos.

It seems like not too long ago a video maker only had to create a piece of content and not worry about distribution and consumption because it was someone else’s job. But now with so many indie’s looking to build a brand without a large support team, everyone needs to get educated on how to get their content on devices like iPad’s and how it will look for viewers watching it.

I don’t think anyone should stress out about the issues I mentioned above, but as viewing experiences get more interactive there needs to be some initial planning for how to create an engaging experience that meshes well into the story.

Another thing to keep in mind is that attention spans are short both online and on mobile devices like the iPad. So if you create a video which doesn’t immediately grab a viewer’s interest in the first few seconds they are just a touch away from content more entertaining and worthy of their time.

HTML5 is still in its infancy, so if you expect to earn advertising revenue from the content you make available on the iPad, then the device may not be a good fit right now for your videos. I have heard of a couple ad solutions for HTML5, but I’m not convinced that the brand or ad format support is there just yet.

If you are unsure about making your videos compatible with the iPad, then perhaps the best thing to do is to sit back and see how this all plays out for video creators, filmmakers, and producers willing to take the early iPlunge first.

If you are looking to create entertaining content for the iPad but need to add some talent to your production team first, then I’m sure our community would love to hear from you.

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