Video Content Collection and Usage System and Method

A video content collection system to guide a user, absent interaction with a directing party, in the selection and capture of one or more segments of video content for the generation and return of final content, the system comprising:

• a first computing device having camera circuitry, communication circuitry, and physical memory storing instructions that cause said first computing device to:
• provide a video content collection platform adapted to assist users with the selection and capture of video content used to generate final content;
• receive from said user a request to generate said final content through said video content collection platform;
• receive from said user a story template selection comprising one or more indicators of desired story characteristics;
• determine one or more predefined storyline options based, at least in part, on said story template selection, said one or more storyline options relating to all or a portion of said desired story characteristics;
• send information causing said one or more predefined storyline options to be presented to said user;
• receive from said user a request to utilize a story template selected from said one or more predefined storyline options presented to said user, wherein said selected story template comprises one or more video content requests;
• send information causing said one or more video content requests to be presented to said user;
• capture through said camera circuitry and store one or more custom videos associated with each of said video content requests;
• generate compiled data for said final content comprising said one or more custom videos and association of each of said one or more custom videos with at least one of said video content requests;
• communicate said compiled data to a final content generation system producing said final content from all of a portion of said compiled data;
• generate an indicator for said for said final content, wherein said indicator is selectable to retrieve said final content from a first storage location;
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• send information causing said indicator to be presented to said user;
• wherein said indicator enables the retrieval and access of at least a portion of said final content by said first computing device from said first storage location in response to said indicator being selected.