There are two video/ film production and distribution websites in beta right now that I think are really interesting.

Spidvid.com is a social networking site of sorts, where you can create and join video/ film projects, or find people to work on your projects. You can rate each member of the crew you’ve worked with, and can see what people’s ratings are before they join your crew. The site is set up on a system where people work collaboratively without pay, and then each have a stake in any distribution deals/ festival prizes that come of it.

Unleashvideo.com is the sister site, where you upload completed videos from spidvid. The site offers $1 for every 1,000 views, and right now each video is getting 2,000 views already, so it’s an easy two bucks, and more as the site gets bigger. Right now it’s only in beta, but once it gets public, the payout should get ten or more times bigger per thousand views.

This is something I’m definitely going to be using to get more projects to edit for my reel and resume, and the more people that find out about it, the better it will get!