you can collab by emailing each other, even calls if needed, you can even skype and that to communicate with each other, if you are in the other sides of the planet, then doing a shot in the same vid would be impossible. lol. but it's still possible to do a collab no matter the distance,
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I'm actually able to record video using both cams on skype, my cam and the other person cam and have it in the same frame. just never had the opportunity to try it yet.
but you best learn from experience, these are all just theories as I've not been able to collab with others just yet. though that might change,
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