If you’re in the video production industry perhaps you have wondered, ”how can my team create higher quality content out of the limited amount of time we have for each project?”. I have put together a compact list of three hints for how to successfully complete your projects in 24 hours or less. These tid bits of wisdom include: the importance of connecting with quality people to form a quality team, how to create a video fast, and how to allocate your time to maximize your end results.

Step 1 – Put together your team

Your team members should be reliable people that you trust, know where their specific talents lie, and can rely on them to do a great job. Make sure you know where your team members are located and what time zone they’re in, don’t waste too much time on conference calls or group Skype discussions, and be sure that everyone is very clear on what they are expected to contribute to the project. And treat every member of your team like they are absolutely integral to the success of the created video, people tend to exert more effort when they’re appreciated.

Step 2 – Create the video

The next and second most important part of the project is the process of planning out, shooting, and editing the video. Some people think that between these three elements you should allocate an equal 1/3 of the project’s time to each, but the fact is you will burn most of your time shooting the video and post-producing after. Have a good story written but be flexible to adjust the script and dialog according to the actors and director on the set, because things will always change on shoot day. Spend the most time on making the key seconds and moments in the video as remarkable as possible, and entertain the viewers early on to keep them sticking around for more. Over 50% of video viewers leave in the first 10 seconds, so make your impact on them quickly.

Step 3 – Manage your time wisely

24 hours goes by pretty fast, especially if some of them are spent sleeping. You have to keep tracking your team’s progress every hour or so, but don’t over obsess in this area or time will be wasted on plan management vs actually creating the video. Be relentless during pre-production to be sure that everything is ready to go from the moment you start filming, actors know their lines inside and out, equipment is functional, the location or locations are setup, and the project workflow is easy for everyone to follow. There are lots of variables when it comes to time management, and there will always be things that pop up which you didn’t initially plan for, so set aside at least 10% of total project time for the unexpected extras. In post production every team member should get time to review the project and voice their own opinions to increase the content’s quality, so be sure to set aside a few minutes to create a clear path to a successful project conclusion.

You can do it

There are many other things you can do to create quality video entertainment fast, but hopefully these tips will get you headed in the right direction when working on a tight deadline. If you already have a production project on the go you can manage it via Spidvid’s collaborative production platform. Or if you need to build a new team then grab a free account and invite your members to connect with you in our social network, or find new talented individuals to collaborate with in our community.

Have another tip to add for video production under extreme time constraints? Share one below with a comment.

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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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Spidvid was recently written about and reviewed by Harpreet Singh. I thought the platform and community was captured quite well, so I re-posted the blog article below and made some minor edits so the content reads like other content on our blog. Thanks Harpreet for taking your time to learn about Spidvid, and to write a story.

The start-up scene is always sprawling with action. Individuals keep coming up with brilliant ideas to tackle a problem at hand. If you ever heard of YouTube, you can relate to the fact that the online video sharing platform is filled with low quality videos. Enter the new service round the corner; Spidvid. It’s a platform which brings together video creators and professionals, who ultimately create quality entertaining videos. The offering doesn’t end there, it goes further to distribute the videos and generate compensations for the team members who contributed to each production project.

It’s an inventive concept accented by a beautiful user interface. It’s easy to use and very responsive. You may be a video creator, a professional who can act, write, edit, or may be a viewer who has video ideas that you would like to see created by others. Being part of this community you can connect to others who have similar interests to yourself, learn from their past experiences, and team up with them on future production projects.

Spidvid will raise the bar for online video production. The framework brings together people from different corners of the planet, who share a common goal of creating better videos than they normally get the opportunity to do. Right now, Spidvid is offered as a beta service, but as more and more users jump on the bandwagon, the more valuable the talent network gets for others to draw from.

Getting projects and content onto the website is a task which the marketing team needs to pay attention to. I would like to have a section to see some clips of the videos created on Spidvid.

Overall, it’s a good beginning to a new frontier in video collaboration. Spidvid has given users the tools which they need to connect and develop videos outside a single fortified studio. By making it open to the public, the content will cross geographical boundaries and be enjoyed by a wide range of viewers.

So let’s get started and create some videos!

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There are two demo video versions for you to view and listen to below. One features a female voice and one features a male voice so you have a couple options to choose from. This demo should have been completed and released last week but we had to make a few tweaks to the team management functionality in our platform so the video had to wait until the bugs were worked out.

The video is a bit lengthy at 7:56, so feel free to navigate around and watch what you want to see, and learn most about Spidvid.

Likely only about 30% of all Spidvid features are shown in the demo so there is lots more to explore and discover within your account, I just wanted to show the primary tools to move a team project from beginning to end, and get a video or film completed and released for distribution.

If you have a question please write it below in the comments section. You can also post a question or offer feedback on our Facebook page, or send us a tweet with what’s on your mind to @spidvid.

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