Overview:
Picture this: you’re at a wedding or company offsite, there’s a QR code on the table, everyone drops their best clips into a shared space, and by the time dessert hits the table the host has a slick 30–90 second highlight reel—color-matched, beat-synced, cut to the fun moments—ready to post. No one has to dig through a chaotic shared album, beg the photographer for a teaser, or spend hours in CapCut. Most of the heavy lifting happens on the phones themselves, so it’s fast and more private. It’s basically a ‘same-day edit’ for regular people, made from everyone’s footage.
The Trends:
On-device AI for editing and privacy is accelerating, letting apps auto-curate and transform media without uploading originals to the cloud. (1, 2)
Built-in collaborative photo libraries and shared albums (camera-to-shared-library flows) make group collection at events seamless, enabling multi-user contribution and automatic syncing. (3, 4)
AI-first mobile editors and standalone auto-clip services (auto-highlight, captioning, format-ready exports) commoditize highlight-reel generation for events. (5, 6)
Template-driven and community template marketplaces (CapCut/third-party template sites) standardize fast, shareable edits—so event reels can be styled consistently with minimal input. (7, 8)
Regulatory, consent, and deepfake-moderation concerns are rising, making on-device consent flows, opt-ins, and automated moderation essential for group-sourced event videos. (9, 10)
Your Answer:
What it is — A collaborative event app where guests drop photos/videos to a shared session and on-device AI auto-curates and auto-edits a short, shareable highlight reel (30–90s) with consistent color, pacing, and music.
Customer pain solved — Eliminates messy shared albums, time-consuming manual editing, late delivery from photographers, and privacy concerns by minimizing uploads and doing sensitive processing locally on users' phones.
Core features for an MVP — QR/invite link to join a session, automatic shot selection and clustering (faces, key moments), 3–5 style templates, music-beat sync, single-tap export/share, and optional server-side final render for high-res.
Tech approach — On-device models (TFLite/ONNX) for shot detection, face clustering and quality scoring, FFmpeg for local editing/export, lightweight server for optional stitching, CDN storage and ephemeral session tokens to protect privacy.
Go-to-market & early customers — Target weddings, corporate events, and college parties; pilot with a few venues, DJs and wedding planners, promote via Instagram/TikTok reels and event forums to generate viral demos.
Monetization — Freemium: free low-res exports, pay-per-high-res export, monthly subscriptions for unlimited exports and pro templates, B2B licensing/white-labeling for venues and event apps, and branded templates for planners.
MVP timeline & cost — 4–8 week build: web join page + React Native mobile app, integrate open-source models and FFmpeg; keep initial budget lean by using Firebase auth/storage and serverless rendering as a premium feature.
Risks & mitigations — Music copyright handled via licensed stock tracks or user-supplied music, content moderation and consent flows built into session join, and optional local-only export for maximum privacy; scale storage with ephemeral retention policies.
Your Roadmap:
Validate: run a quick test at a small event — invite 20 guests to drop photos/videos into a shared folder (AirDrop/QR-linked WebUpload) and ask for feedback on a single auto-generated 60–90s reel.
MVP build (no-code + on-device AI): glue together a web upload page (Glide/Typeform + Zapier) → store files to cloud → trigger a mobile-friendly on-device editor wrapper (use an iOS/Android WebView that calls local CoreML/NNAPI model to auto-trim, stabilize, color-correct, and stitch clips).
Simple UX: single QR at the event → upload → choose theme/music → receive downloadable/shareable highlight link within minutes.
Launch loop: offer free first edit, collect testimonials, and iterate on templates (weddings, birthdays, corporate) — optimize for speed and low file sizes.
Monetize: event subscription, per-video premium templates, or white-label for event planners/venues.