I’ve long been fascinated with infographics from a visual, information, and content intake perspective. I figured it was time to create an infographic for Spidvid because our community has been relatively active and has accumulated some decent statistics over the past few months. So I published a tweet (@Spidvid on Twitter) asking for a talented designer to collaborate with us in creating one, and Joshua Murphy of element3media kindly reached out and designed the Spidvid infographic art that you see below.

This is just the beginning of our community’s successes, and vision to become the world’s largest open and collaborative filmmaking ecosystem ever built in the history of mankind. If you need some sort of help/advice on your short film or web series, or some seed funding to develop your content, then please reach out to us and let’s discuss how we can partner up!

Cheers to infographics, innovation within the online video space, and especially to our community for producing remarkable video entertainment for the world’s audience to enjoy and share.

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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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Collaboration for film producers, directors, screenwriters and other video production talents has never been as easy as it is today. With the advent of Google Wave, the new generation online collaboration tool, film production individuals can now easily share ideas, scripts, video and music clips and other items with just a few clicks, dragging and dropping.

Google Wave features and extensions help visual artists, screenwriters and writers to paint, draw and plan projects in real-time and collaborate with team members with revisions and improvements right away. We think that this collaboration tool will be really helpful for talented individuals at Spidvid for faster and much more efficient file sharing, drawing, designing and editing in real-time.

There are various bots (or robots) such as the scriptwriting bot which aids scriptwriting in faster editing of scripts. Video makers could now take advantage of easy file sharing in submitting their videos. Gone are the days when a scriptwriter has to worry about his scripts exceeding the file size limit with emails. Directors and producers can now easily share music, video clips and other necessary files for the film production and even play some games with their team while simultaneously generating and processing the video production. Making films and videos through the help of Google Wave and Spidvid as collaboration tools drives the production costs dramatically lower. Video production has never been this fun, interactive, cost-effective and all in real-time.

Spidvid’s platform continues to attract music talents, graphic designers, producers, directors, screenwriters and video creators while it’s currently in private beta testing these individuals realize that creating and sharing video ideas and scripts has never been this organized, cost-effective and interactive. It also proves that through collaboration of many talents around the world, there has never been a better time for producing quality video content.

* Check out the Candler blog by Jonathan Poritsky to get more information on the filmmaker’s wave.

When most people think of funnels in business the infamous sales funnel is what normally comes to mind. The large part of the funnel are the leads,  followed by the prospects, and finally the customers who actually buy the product or service.

So using the sales funnel as a reference model, I have created the video production collaboration funnel. So the large part of the collaboration funnel are the exciting new projects posted by creators, followed by team collaboration, resulting in a produced video, and the best part which is distribution to viewers.

Production Project – It all starts with the creator having an idea or script, and then finding the right combination of talent to build a team which can execute on the creator’s vision.

Team Collaboration – Each individual plays his or her part on the team, and contributes value towards the main goal which is producing a quality video.

Completed Video – Thanks to all of the hard work by the team, a video gets completed and earns its right to be shown to the world’s viewing audience.

Distribution – The video is uploaded by the creator, and each team member gets the pleasure of receiving credit and any monetary compensations that may come their way through sponsorships and/or advertising.

The key here is to improve the odds so that as many videos as possible get produced and distributed. It all starts with quality projects to catch the interest and attention of professionals so that they are motivated to join the creator’s team.

The average sales funnel sees about 1% (sometimes more, sometimes less) of people becoming customers, our hope is that the collaboration funnel sees a much higher percentage than that. And through some remarkable teams and a little luck we will see some big time video hits that reach millions of engaged viewers.

Online social networking sites are excellent for communicating with friends (like on Facebook), having conversations and sharing media with people who are interested in the same things you are (like on Twitter), and connecting with professionals in your industry (like on LinkedIn).

Traditional social networks have many great benefits to offer, but for the most part don’t focus on offering exciting opportunities such as team building to achieve common collaborative goals. I believe that the next evolution in social networking is to empower individuals to accomplish tasks and projects, and to reward the deserving individuals for the content that gets created as a result.

So another way to think of Spidvid is as a social network with the purpose of allowing individuals to form teams, collaborate to create and produce quality video content, and credit those who invest their time and talent into the content.

A video entertainment creator/producer can go a couple of ways to put together a quality piece of video content.

1. Pay out money to individuals who can give them the team and talent needed to execute on their ideas, objectives, and scripts. This is the way that most professionals are used to doing deals in the video production industry with studios, but it’s not the only way now thanks to the new social web that’s providing access to new potential opportunities. Bottom line: each professional gets a set figure amount, but the individuals at the top (i.e. studio executives, creators, producers, etc.) obtain most of the credit, compensation, and profits that result from the monetization success of the content. Breakdown: the vast majority of power and benefits reside at the top.

2. Connect and collaborate with the individuals who believe that a new creation model is now possible via the social tools at our disposal. A production team is put together by the creator where each individual contributes his or her time, unique talent, and skills to the video project. Bottom line: Each individual on the team gets credit and compensation as set by the creator, but initially negotiated on collectively as a team. Breakdown:the team collaboratively decides on how the credit and resulting compensations are allocated to each member.

It must be clearly stated that professionals will still want to keep their traditional “safe” paying projects to pay the bills, but passion projects that position individuals as content owners should also be of interest.

Spidvid.com provides the social framework for individuals to pursue passion projects with other like-minded individuals.  These projects will lead to some very entertaining, high quality videos.

What we are seeing a lot of within online video is individuals working with their friends and family looking to create the next big viral hit. The fact is this rarely happens because the talent being used is based on what’s readily available versus choosing the ideal talent to collaborate with.

Spidvid is all about aggregating loads of high quality talent so that video creators can identify what their needs are, outline goals for their video project, and select like-minded individuals who fit that description.

A simple example: A video creator needs an editor to piece together clips out of raw content that tells an interesting and compelling story. The creator posts a proposal outlining what he or she needs in an editor, and the objectives the editor must be able to fulfill. Upon approval, the creator invites editors to bid on the project and fields outside bids as well. Messages are sent back and forth between a few editors until the right one is found. The editor then provides the services needed to the creator, and Spidvid automatically helps the creator give credit back to the editor for work performed. This is a collaborative partnership established to assist the creator in releasing a better quality video than could be done individually, and the editor was part of a project that he or she otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to be part of.

To hear more examples for collaborative video production teams, and to learn more about Spidvid’s vision, view and download our free ebook manifesto entitled “Hollywood Is Doomed”.

The above illustration outlines the difference between a studio entity, and what we want to evolve into a diverse video creation ecosystem.

The idea here is that a new wave of individuals are starting to not only think about video production differently, but also what possibilities and opportunities exist outside of traditional employment.

Looking at eBay’s core, we understand that the most important aspect are the connections between buyers and sellers to create a products marketplace. Firmly believing in connecting like-minded people together is the key to future media and business models, Spidvid connects video creators with production professionals to form what should be a very refreshing alternative to the traditional studio approach.

To join us on this quest, visit our site, click “Sign Up” at the top, provide your email address, and we will be in touch shortly.

Spidvid’s model is very new compared to the traditional video production model which has existed for many decades now. So to communicate this model, and educate individuals about how it works, we have designed many illustrations that should help outline things well from a visual perspective.

The first 2 (below) specifically outline how creators and professionals interact with Spidvid. This is the foundation for how proposals start with ideas to eventually become quality videos that the global viewing audience can view, share, and enjoy.

a. outline who you need, your ideas, and detail all proposal information.

b. proposal is approved by admin to become a project.

c. proposal is rejected by admin and needs modifications before approval can be granted.

d. a new project on Spidvid now exists.

e. connect and invite individuals to place bids on your project.

f. assign a compensation percentage to each individual on your team in relation to the value they add to the project. This can be done later, but needs to be done before the video is uploaded for distribution.

g. move the project forward as a team.

h. a quality video has now been produced.

i. video is ready to be uploaded for web distribution.

a. find and discover video projects that interest you.

b. a creator has invited you to place a bid on their project.

c. outline to creators how you can add value to their project.

d. bid is approved by the creator, you are added to their team.

e. bid is rejected by the creator, and needs modifications before approval can be granted.

f. you are assigned a compensation percentage by the creator according to the value he or she feels you bring to the project. This may be done later by the creator if he or she feels the decision is easier to determine after the project is complete.

g. project is moved forward as a team.

h. a quality video has now been produced.

i. video is ready to be uploaded for web distribution.