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 at right 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.

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I had the opportunity of joining Marc and Brett last week as a guest on their podcast “Web of Intrigue” and had a blast. We talked about Spidvid, open video production, new media, branded entertainment vs ads, and the online video space.

These guys are doing some big things in online video through their Fresh Baked Entertainment studio, and have a new web series (sponsored by VH) which is being very well received, see the trailer below for Life Unjarred.

If you are interested in the topics that we covered, want to hear what I had to say, and as a special bonus hear Marc and Brett pick on each other, then be sure to listen to the show below. If you have any comments be sure to include them below, or get in touch with an email or tweet us.

Thanks gentlemen, and thanks to their supporting cast Brendan and Kaylen for making this all possible!

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It used to be a big challenge using video equipment because most of the products were big, bulky, and of course expensive so the average person couldn’t even afford it let alone use it. Fast forward to 2010 and anyone can be a video creator, or filmmaker because quality tools are now available at reasonable prices.  Yes, video production is certainly changing very rapidly thanks largely in part to inexpensive equipment and editing software.

Videos used to be only created for commercial purposes, like the movies, TV shows (and their 30 second commercials), and music videos of the media world. Now that many of us have video production resources at our disposal we are creating web shows, music videos (just like the big guys), vlogs, and film life long memories which we privately share with our friends and family. Video production will only get more and more mainstream as mobile phone cameras get to be of a higher resolution quality, with access to $4.99 video editing software.

Creating videos is now becoming a fun and popular hobby of many people, where five, ten or twenty years ago video production was a career choice. In the past the only way to break into the industry was to attend a top film school, and work your way up the ladder slowly over a period of many years. Today just get together with your friends or colleagues for a weekend, create an entertaining video that reaches millions of people online, and shortly after producers may be lining up to fund your next project. This scenario is rare of course, but it has happened, and will occur even more frequently down the road.

Of course we have to mention that collaboration is changing video production as there are opportunities to create content on a global level. You no longer have to sit in the same room as your team during pre-production and post-production, so there are all kinds of new media possibilities for the future. What an exciting time to be into video production, and online video.

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Do you and your friends create videos together as a team for recreational purposes? Maybe you’re in a film college and you create a new video every week, month, or semester with your classmates? If you create video entertainment within a team structure then you either can’t likely manage the project very well online, or fairly credit your team members for the work they do, or both.

I keep rethinking about the value our platform provides to collaborative teams and their video content, and it seems like many individuals out there understand the impact Spidvid can have on their hobby or career, but fail to lead a project. I believe it’s because we have been trained that all we can do online is get a YouTube account and upload a video to our account, and then share it with others. This pretty much neglects and fails to give credit to our team members who helped to create the video with us in the first place.

A large percentage of videos out there on the web today were created by teams, but from the outside looking in it appears that one person did everything. When studios do this kind of thing we understand that there were lots of people behind the show or movie, but when we see an unknown “By: creator name” we assume they are some sort of mega solo talent or something. Sure videos have credits but names and associated titles don’t do much to fairly credit or acknowledge anyone really. Heck most viewers don’t ever see the end of the video.

Spidvid provides the framework needed to fairly showcase everyone behind the project, by allowing the team to release the video together as humans versus using an obscure username that nobody cares about. If you are looking to release your video entertainment in a more effective way by properly partnering with your team, then get a Spidvid profile and manage your next project through our platform.

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What you typically see today in the video creation process are video creators and producers paying out money in hopes of seeing a good ROI on their content investment, within a few weeks or months down the road. One of the largest expenses if not the largest expense are individuals who make the real magic happen. This is expected because having the best cameras, lighting, and sound equipment is important but without the right combination of talent using those assets it’s all worthless.

The model that most creators and producers use is to pay out money for everything, retain 100% ownership in the video content, and work hard to at least break even, and ideally turn a profit. But what happens when creators and producers view the individuals on their production team as partners (giving each member or key members a small content ownership stake) instead of employees? The result is that these individuals now have a vested interest in seeing the video content succeed, and are even more motivated to do a remarkable job.

Traditional actors, directors, writers, and story tellers may see this approach as more risky because they aren’t being consistently paid like they are used to, but the concept of building up content equity that could return a far higher amount (over time) than they would get from a paid contract has to be intriguing. And it also helps to build up their content portfolios which can act as valuable leverage for other future opportunities.

It vastly reduces the financial risks on the part of creators and producers because each individual member invests their time with the optimistic belief that financial compensations will come their way as the content goes through the distribution and monetization process. This leaves the creator to only have to spend money on the things that aren’t human beings. Now planning those production budgets have to sound much more fun than crunching all the numbers for each employee and contractor on the team.

Active people in the video production space may not like the approach mentioned here because they like their safe paychecks, but Spidvid has been developed and targeted towards the new crop of up and coming star actors, directors, writers, and story tellers, who want low barriers to entry with lots of potential upside.

Spidvid levels the playing ground for anyone who believes that he or she can add value to the video production process, and the end result which is the quality content. After speaking recently with a friend of mine who’s a real estate agent, he made it clear to me that he wanted a Spidvid beta invite because he believes that his writing ability is pretty good and so writing a script for a short film peaked his interest. His script without individuals to carry out his story has a low amount of value and can get little traction, but because he can connect with the talent he needs on Spidvid his video can actually get produced, and that’s something very exciting for him. I’m sure there are stories like this all over the place and it will be interesting to see how other types of people with day jobs feel about the new opportunities within the video entertainment space.

If you are a creator or producer who would like to partner up with individuals then Spidvid would be valuable to you, and if you are an individual looking for a production team to join then you may also fit well within our community. Visit our site, click the ‘join our video production community’ on the left hand side and provide us with your email address. We send out the first batch of invites next week so be sure to have your name included on our request list.

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