Video creator Zach Oldenburg has posted a Spidvid project about an animated web series (Dr.Nasty’s) which he wants to create, but he needs your help. Zach is totally “hell bent” about producing the next Family Guy mega-hit, and so we love how he’s aiming really high for this one!

Below are the details for the Dr.Nasty web series project. If you want to join Zach’s production team, then either contact him directly, or bid on his project right away to collaborate with him. To bid you will need a Spidvid account.

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Last week I wrote a post on how to post a video production project on Spidvid. Today looks at how to bid on a video production project if you are an actor, director, writer, videographer, editor, music artist, animation artist, story teller, or a marketer/promoter of video content.

It all starts by visiting our projects page to find interesting projects that match your specific talent. Our platform is still very new, and people are just now learning how to use and leverage it, so there are no projects to bid on just yet but that will all change very soon. It all starts with one project so other video creators can see how things work and move on to post their own. If you want to feature the very first project on Spidvid, be sure to get a creator’s account and get one posted. Our admin team will review and approve it shortly after. Within a couple of weeks any creator will be able to post their video production project right away without approval as we are opening up our platform to new projects, and uploaded videos.

Here is how a professional easily bids on a production project on our site

Bid Description: Outline why you would be an ideal fit for the project, and why your talent makes you an ideal candidate. Also be sure to share links or information of previous experience, because that can go a long way towards getting accepted for your role on the team.

Skills/Value I Can Offer: In this section you should list specific skills you have for the project. For example if a creator needs a videographer you can tell him or her all about the videos you have shot in the past, the quality camera you have at your disposal, and even send links so the creator can view your previous videos online.

Talent I’m Offering: Here is where you choose from a drop down list what talent you are offering for the project. So if you an actor and an editor but want to bid on the project just as an actor then be sure to select actor from the drop down list.

Estimated Completion Time: If you work fast on video projects be sure to indicate that here, if you work a bit slow then also be sure to tell the truth and communicate that to the video creator. If you are an individual which plans to be involved on the video shoot (and not in post production) then you can select the earliest completion time option which is “1 day” from the drop down list.

Relevant Files Towards My Bid: If you have any files on your computer that relate to your project bid you can share them with the video creator here. These files can be downloaded by the creator from the bids submitted page in their account.

You can also preview the project bid before you submit it to ensure that it includes all of the details you want to communicate. Expect to hear back from the creator in the hours or days ahead, good luck with being added to the creator’s team, and cheers to the successful completion of the project and video.

Ready to start bidding and collaborating on Spidvid projects? First you need to sign up as a professional, and wait as creators post projects which interest you. Good luck on your future projects, and the produced videos that go live for viewing audiences.

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We have put together a very quick rough demo of how video production professionals get value out of Spidvid.

Learn how to get an account, bid on production projects, join teams, where uploaded videos go, share credit and compensations with each member, and other various spid-bits.

Important things for professionals to know:

- During our private beta, all video content produced by collaborative teams is uploaded to UnleashVideo. When we roll out our public beta early next year 2010, we fully intend to have a broader distribution network including the likes of YouTube, and other large audience video sharing sites.

- First phase beta invites will be sent out later on this month (November 2009).

- Allocation of compensations for revenue sharing with team members is done by creators, and so is the uploading of all video content. In the future we want to make these processes more collaborative between all key members.

- Video advertising may not occur until we reach public beta, so don’t expect to earn and share cash right away with your team members.

- Suggestions for new features is very much welcomed. Just contact us with your ideas and feedback, and we will include them in our public beta.

We are very excited about working closely with the first few hundred members of our beta community. There’s a long journey to travel before we fully produce the new media ecosystem we envision, but look forward to all of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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