The computer mediated movie producer: leadership in online collaborative communities

• DOI: 10.5555/984720.984806
• Publication Date: 2004-01-05
• Authors: Thommy Eriksson; Maria Spante; Sven Andersson

Today, some independent film makers use methods for distance collaboration over the Internet to gather expertise and collaborators from all world, putting together virtual crews whose participants might never meet in real life. In cases, most pre-production post-production work is carried out these teams, using online communities. These crews, as well more conventional face-to-face communities of productions, are very reliant on a productive social climate good collaborative culture. The primary community leaders movie producer and/or director.What characterize crew? What lessons can be learnt how leadership influence control community? How successful creative discussions decisions nurtured?A number recent productions have used simple team rooms mail lists communication tools. authors had opportunity make full continuous observations two their interactions online.These questionnaire retrospective focus groups clearly shows that enthusiastic, open-minded socially competent an important success factor. results also indicate driving forces governing participation included personal career development engaging assignments.