Long distance iMovie project collaboration?

Hey guys/ladies,
I am working on a website with a friend who lives in Virginia, while I live in Atlanta. 
We want to collaborate on iMovie projects for the website (mainly 1 min or so video clips, with pictures, titles, text, transitions, etc added).  Ideally, we would use something like Dropbox.  However, this just doesn't seem to work. 
I have searched for guidance in this area fairly extensively, however I just can't seem to come up with a solution.  I am new to this whole Mac and iMovie thing (in fact, I bought a Mac just so I could collaborate with him using iMovie).  It seems that you can't just drag the project folders to Dropbox, transfer to the other Mac, and everything works.
Does anyone have any ideas?  I know that you can transfer iMovie projects via external hard drive, however shipping an external hard drive back and forth between VA and Atlanta just would get expensive.
Thanks!

Thank you for your suggestions. 
I don't quite understand what you mean by "editing file".  Could you explain?  Also, are you sure this works because you've tried it or is this just something you think might work?  I ask because I've previously gone through the Apple instructions for how to transfer an iMovie project from one computer to another and I got the sense one had to do it that way rather than manipulating files in the file system.
I did look into WeVideo but it is quite limited compared to iMovie.  For example, you cannot change the video speed at all, whereas iMovie allows full control of that.  iMovie can grab this market if they sort this out.
Thanks again, and I look forward to your reply.

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