User interface for video content

A system, comprising:

• at least one computing device;
• and
• at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
• render a video content feature on at least one display;
• determine a current scene in the video content feature, the current scene spanning at least a plurality of video frames in the video content feature;
• determine a plurality of cast members who have appeared in the current scene from a beginning of the current scene up to a current time in the current scene;
• render a user interface on the at least one display, the user interface including a plurality of selectable cast member components, individual ones of the plurality of selectable cast member components including an image of a respective one of the plurality of cast members, a name of a respective one of the plurality of cast members, and a name of a respective character performed by the respective one of the plurality of cast members;
• determine that a generic image of a particular cast member is unavailable, the generic image of the particular cast member depicting the particular cast member out of character;
• identify a character image of the particular cast member in response to determining that the generic image is unavailable, the character image of the cast member depicting the particular cast member in character in the video content feature;
• and
• include the character image in a particular selectable cast member component of the plurality of selectable cast member components that corresponds to the particular cast member.

A method, comprising:

• rendering, by at least one computing device, a video content feature on at least one display;
• obtaining, by the at least one computing device, a command from a user;
• determining, by the at least one computing device, a current scene in the video content feature, the current scene spanning at least a plurality of video frames in the video content feature;
• rendering, by the at least one computing device, a user interface on the at least one display in response to the command being obtained from the user, the user interface including a plurality of selectable cast member components, individual ones of the plurality of selectable cast member components including an image of a respective one of a plurality of cast members who perform in the plurality of video frames corresponding to the current scene, a name of the respective one of the plurality of cast members, and a name of a respective character performed by the respective one of the plurality of cast members;
• determining, by the at least one computing device, that a plurality of respective generic images of a second particular cast member of the plurality of cast members are available, the plurality of respective generic images depicting the particular cast member out of character;
• selecting, by the at least one computing device, a single generic image of the plurality of respective generic images that has a date nearest in time to a date of the video content feature by comparing a respective date of individual ones of the plurality of respective generic images with the date of the video content feature;
• and
• including, by the at least one computing device, the single generic image in a second particular selectable cast member component of the plurality of selectable cast member components that corresponds to the second particular cast member.