A few weeks ago Google announced a collaborative video project. The idea's pretty simple. Imagine what goes on behind the scenes at Gmail. But not really. Instead, create a short video showing a little white and red envelope being passed from the left side of the screen to the right. Eventually, the folks at Google will stitch some of the best together to make a longer video.



Sure, it's all essentially free advertising for two Google products, Gmail and YouTube. But we have to say we've been impressed with some of the submissions. Here are a few clever ones, in no particular order.