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

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

 Capturing content of high quality

To start, we reached out to people in our community of talent worldwide including creative directors from the Netherlands, filmmakers in the UK and animators in Australia as well as activists from NGO organizations in Nigeria for some.

Then, we requested them to use their cameras, phones, as well as computers, to respond to three questions regarding the coming year:

•   What's your mission this year?
•   What is inspiring you this New Year?
•   What are the most significant challenges you anticipate in 2023?

Their answers spoke to the power of community, such as this gem by creator director, of the film and Soursop co-founder Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock...

"In individual streams we can only do so much however, as a group we can do massive gigantic, enormous things."

...and the endless possibilities that come with storytelling. I love this quote from Staff Pick filmmaker Faith Briggs.

"I do not want to make up interesting stories. I want to tell the stories that have meaning."

 The post process is streamlined

When we edited all of the submissions to video and deciding on the best way to edit them, we decided each part of the video be able to stand on its own. We came up with an assortment of supercuts featuring our favorite responses to the questions mentioned above.

And, to prepare for the possibility of interactivity, the's team came up with a set of ground principles to change the video from sizzles and raw footage to an experience that is immersive.

•   Create an interactive element in the first ten second  
•   Allow for :15 - :20 between each hotspot  

Imagining something interactive experience

"Making a video interactive can be about adding value," adds Jen Mendler, a Senior Designer at . "Our group did the heavy lifting by providing such interesting wisdom regarding the coming year We followed up with a multimedia experience that places the user in the driver's seat. You can choose your destiny for 2023."