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The Meet Fast Film: Inside's last year's interactive video

Dec 14, 2022

Take part in the above video Read on for more details on how we constructed it.

 Capturing high-quality content

For the first time, we reached out to the members of our community from all across the world creative directors in the Netherlands and filmmakers from the UK and animators in Australia as well as activists from NGO organizations in Nigeria, to name a few.

Then, we asked them to hop on their cameras, phones, and laptops to address three questions about the year ahead:

  •   What's your goal for the upcoming year?
  •   What's inspiring you in the New Year?
  •   What will be the greatest challenges that you expect to face in 2023?

Their answers spoke to the power of community, like this gem from Creative Director as well as Soursop co-founder Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock...

"In the individual streams, we are able to only accomplish a certain amount However, when we work together we can do massive gigantic, enormous things."

...and the infinite possibilities of storytelling. I love this quote of Staff Pick filmmaker Faith Briggs.

"I don't want to just share interesting stories. I'd like to share stories that matter."

 streamlining the process of posting

When we edited all of the submissions to video We knew that we wanted each part of the video to be able to stand on its own. We came up with Supercuts featuring our favorite answers to each of the above three questions.

In anticipation of creating interactivity, the's team came up with a set of ground rules to transform the video from sizzles and raw footage into an experience that is immersive.

  •   Create an interactive element in the first 10 seconds  
  •   Let 15 minutes - :20 between each hotspot  

Imagine something interactive adventure

"Making interactive videos can be about adding value," says Jen Mendler, a Senior Designer at . "Our group did the heavy lifting by providing such interesting wisdom on the next year We followed up with a multimedia experience that puts the viewer in control. The focus is on deciding your own destiny in 2023."