For those of us who don’t live in beautiful climates year round such as Los Angeles or Miami residents do, July is a month we truly treasure up here in Toronto aka Hollywood North. It’s the perfect month to gather a crew, get outside into the sun, and shoot video entertainment. Perhaps not the type of content that Spencer and Heidi (Speidi) were filming above, but rather, content that people actually want to watch!
If you have a video entertainment project that you want to develop but need to build a team to accomplish that goal, then why not post your project on Spidvid and find partners and collaborators who can add their unique value to take the project to successful completion. If you don’t yet have a Spidvid profile then get one now so you can either lead a project, or join video creators to be part of their teams.
Enjoy your weekend everyone, and cheers to your summer video production success!
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There have been a few interesting projects launched on Spidvid recently, and a few completed as well to showcase some impressive video entertainment from our community. Our community’s videos now have received over 400,000 views, and now the journey is on to reach a large milestone of 1,000,000 views!
If you have a video project that you have active in development, or one you want to launch, then get a Spidvid profile and post your project for our 1,200+ community members to check out and bid on.
There are 3 brand new Spidvid projects that you may want to take a look atright now:
Escape is a web series which is about to head into its 3rd full season! Cheers to its success to date! Creator Mike Feurstein is looking for a VFX artist to do some electrifying animation effects, Music Artists are needed for songs for the episodes, a Graphics Designer is requested, and a person who can Promote the show to find a larger audience is integral too. Check out the eScape Season 3 trailer below, and if you want to collaborate with Mike to make Season 3 a big hit then bid on his project or message him on Spidvid to start a conversation.
We are producing the web series “Gen Y” in collaboration with Illinois-based filmmaker Sasan of Gladius Arts. He needs to build out his core team with 2 Actors, and 2 Promoters to help spread the word about the web show. If you are based in Illinois and can act, or live on this planet and can promote this video to lots of potential viewers/bloggers then please bid on Sasan’s project.
Philly-based James Jackson has a new film project called “Frogg Prince” and needs some talent from our community to move his project forward in a positive direction. James needs individuals from Philly to collaborate with, and he’s seeking out a Videographer with a DSLR camera who can add another camera angle to work with, he’s needs a Set Designer to create settings inside his studio, and he could use a talented Video Editor who can cut the story together with some added effects. If you are in Philly looking for a new project to collaborate on then visit the Frogg Prince page and post your bid for James to review.
Stay updated on all new Spidvid projects, by subscribing to them now. And again, if you have a video project in development, or want to launch a brand new one then get a Spidvid profile and post your project’s story for our community to take a look at.
My friend Adam works in PR and has never created a video, or even been part of a production before in his life. But as soon as I told him what myself and film community are doing with Spidvid, he instantly wanted to be part of a team that produced an entertaining video.
I’m putting together my team for Blog Hacker and because he looks professional, is confident, and intelligent I thought he would be a good actor for the entrepreneur role in my short film. I proposed this role to him and he put on a HUGE SMILE because it’s the perfect way for him to break into the world of video. His girlfriend is beautiful and talented so I asked Adam if she would like to play the entrepreneur’s girlfriend, and he all but guaranteed her collaborative participation. As a bonus, he has a high quality 1080p HD camera that he’s never used before, so guess how his camera is going to break into the world of video! Yep you guessed it!
I believe that Spidvid will continue to attract individuals from all walks of life, because people want to be part of interesting new opportunities, and what better than a fun video project to launch into. It can be intimidating jumping into something new, which is why our community and platform make an effective solution to that problem for the world of video.
The premise of this post goes back to our vision for Spidvid, which is open and collaborative video production.
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Are you a passionate man or woman on a mission when creating new videos? Perhaps you try to do everything by yourself, work on just one project at a time, and ultimately end up with sub-par results over a long period of time.
We all want to be multi-talented at what we do, but wearing many different hats on a project can be exhausting and you can spread your skills too thin. For every successful film project, there is a talented team behind it, period.
So you have a couple choices: a) work on one project at a time and try to do everything yourself, or b) reach out to outside talent, connect and collaborate with the individuals you need to add skill to your project, and free up more of your time to do multiple projects at a time.
For example: Jessie is an aspiring filmmaker who loves writing and shooting creative new videos, but hates editing them, dislikes using his voice for the voice over, and tries to score each of his videos but they always end up sounding rather boring to viewers. Jessie can keep pressing on with this process and settle for mediocre videos, or he can focus exclusively on writing and shooting videos and collaborate with other like-minded talent to fill in his skill gaps. This gives Jessie the time to do many projects simultaneously, allows him to complete more projects faster, and hedges his bet so he doesn’t invest a ton of time into projects that end up getting little or no success. He gives up some control and perhaps pieces of the content ownership, but gets many more opportunities at success with each new video him and his team release to the world.
Our Spidvid community is full of talented individuals eagerly waiting for new and exciting projects to be part of. If you have projects you want to launch but either don’t have the time or talent to accomplish that, then get a Spidvid account, and post a project. We will help you spread the word to the specific talent you need, and get your project heading in the right direction.
I’ve spoken to video creators and filmmakers who have created a video or film either by themselves or with one other person, and while it’s possible it’s normally anything but ideal. The fact is most of us are good in just one area, and mediocre at the other important elements which round out the entire process. This is usually apparent when the final product has been completed, and the decision isn’t where to distribute to, but rather if distribution actually makes sense at all.
In order to create an entertaining video or film, it typically takes a few people on the team to really pull everything together in a successful way. Sure there are exceptions out there with solo talents such as iJustine, and some other young YouTube talents, but for the most part the “game” is a team sport.
Make it easier on yourself and partner up with the talent you need to make your next production project a success. Grab a free Spidvid account, post your project, and let us help you build the team you need to create some quality entertainment you can be proud of.
Or if you are looking to join a team, then grab an account, and keep your eyes open for interesting projects led by our talented community of creators and filmmakers.
