Patent ID: 8341525

Claim:
A method for creating and editing a video project by collaborators using a computing device, comprising: receiving screenplay script data, the screenplay script data including a plurality of screenplay script elements; identifying at least one of the plurality of screenplay script elements; script dicing the screenplay script data to obtain at least one diced element; embedding the at least one diced element in a video editor timeline track for the video project, wherein an editing panel is displayed when a shot clip is selected, the editing panel comprising a background continue toggle element that allows for background clip from a previous shot clip to be continued, a background drop well element that allows visual clips to be dragged, character menu, a file selection media browser, a layer button set that offers ability to send character frontwards or backwards, a trim control that allows trimming of selected file from beginning or end, an offset control that allows incremental resequencing of a selected file, hue, saturation, contrast and brightness slider controls, a position control that allows character to be moved onscreen, and a resize control that allows character to be sized onscreen; displaying the timeline track information alongside portions of the video project; enabling editing of the video project by accessing the at least one diced element in the timeline track; sending an invitation for participants for the video project; receiving responses to the invitation; selecting a set of participants to create the video project; authorizing each of the set of participants for their task in creating the video project; and assembling the video project with the portions of the video project.