Automatic Generation of Video Documentaries

Abstract

SynonymsAutomatic video editing; Categorical documentaries; Rhetorical documentariesDefinitionUsing repositories of semantically annotated video material, automatic video generation approaches are able to automatically edit documentaries according to the subject specified by the viewer/user of the system. Documentaries become dynamic documents instead of static artifacts that offer no interaction to users.IntroductionTraditional documentaries are fixed static artifacts. Viewers do not have any influence on how a documentary looks like. Automatic video generation lets the viewer take the seat of the director and allows the documentarist to provide viewers with documentaries dynamically generated according to their interests. A video generation system can help the documentarist by automatically presenting the material. Different documentaries can then be generated from the same footage, facilitating reuse of the media asset, and allowing new footage to be ad ...