It’s been awhile since I wrote a post on collaboration, and since Spidvid is all about team collaboration for video and film production let’s revisit this powerful collaboration word and it’s meaning.

Let’s start off with an interesting quote on collaboration from Jeffrey B. Swartz who wrote a post on The Huffington Post.

“Collaboration is a familiar concept to anyone in the business arena; you have a problem, need a plan, your best bet is often to throw together a group of disparate but talented individuals and let their collective creative energy go to work. The reason collaboration works so well is a combination of passion and purpose; for best results, your pool should be full of people who deeply care about the issue and have a vested interest in solving it.”

With regards to individuals using Spidvid’s platform, their problem is most likely needing to form a production team capable of successfully collaborating on, and creating a video from start to finish. Connecting with individuals who share a passion for creating a video around a topic, cause, idea, or script is what makes Spidvid a powerful social utility.

Gina Telaroli also wrote an excellent post on filmmaking collaboration.

Her core points:

1. Consensus does work – People on teams need to listen and care about each other because everyone has something to contribute.

2. Different people bring different things to the table – A successful team is built with people who bring different perspectives and skills to the team.

3. Support makes films stronger – When you make a video or film with a group of people who all have ownership and understanding there is always someone there to help out if someone else needs a break.

4. Collaboration equals freedom – You can work with people you trust, so you don’t need to outsource important tasks to someone who doesn’t care about your project. You can focus on the art of creating content instead of negotiating contracts.

5. Collaboration is hard – Like most things in life collaboration can be frustrating at times because everyone’s personal goals need to be closely aligned with the team’s end goal. That can be a daunting obstacle to deal with, and overcome.

In summary, collaboration improves production productivity, content quality, and if done right can really rally a team to accomplish remarkable things. If you are a believer in team collaboration for video production and want to get started on a production project, join our community and connect with the talent you need to successfully move forward.

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We have taken a big step today in terms of attracting increased attention and awareness for Spidvid by issuing a press release which has been already picked up across the Web.

You can read the story “Leaving Hollywood, Welcome to Hollyweb” from any of these sources: MarketWire, AOL Money, Canadian Business, Sys-Con Media, Alpha Trade Finance, Earth Times, Euro Investor, and PR Inside are a few sites already that have featured our story.

Our goals are to get attention, build awareness for what Spidvid is all about, and to get a couple hundred individuals in the video production space to sign up and become part of our early private beta community.

If you are a video creator, actor, director, writer, story teller, or music artist we invite you to visit our site, click the “Sign Up” link, and provide us with your email address to receive an invite to phase 1 of our private beta roll out.

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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.

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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”.

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