Abstract: An approach is provided for a content management tool for chaining user generated video content. A method includes providing, for display via a social media application, a first recording of a first user participating in a first session that includes first content. The method includes transmitting, by the social media application, the first recording to a plurality of devices. The method includes receiving, through the social media application, a plurality of submissions, from the plurality of devices, that are based on or responsive to the first recording, each submission of the plurality of submissions comprising a second recording of a user of a device of the plurality of devices. The method includes providing, by a cloud-based software tool, controls for selecting one or more submissions of the plurality of submissions to generate an audiovisual work. The method includes providing the audiovisual work for display via the social media application.

Abstract: Metadata is generated for a digital video project in a manner that facilitates mixing video with other content to render a composite video file. The metadata may include global information for the project, per-frame information that acts as a representation of continuous values throughout a video; and key-frame information which is a representation of discrete events throughout the video. The per-frame information may include, for example, point-wise location of specific objects and/or polygons/rectangles of tracked objects. The key-frame information may include information regarding scene changes, information regarding changes in emotion of a person and/or information regarding changes in pose of a person.