User Experience Designer
Zizor
Research
Research goals
When, where, and how people of film production manage content
How do teams of film production manage projects
What tools are successful in manage film-related content
How do people collaborate when making a film
User pain point
1
Video Commentation
Video work with teams efficiently is necessary for users who are in the film industry. Comment in video and ask others’ opinion about it could improve work quality.
2
Real Time Collaboration
The value of real-time collaboration has been highlighted. Both employees and clients in the film industry are eager for an online tool that could provide great cooperation.
3
Team Management
Project management is more difficult for teams in the film industry with various types of files. Candidates' showreels could also be a burden for the team.
competitive audit report
I analyze three popular competitors in the industry, explore and assess their products.
Frame.io
A video collaboration platform
what well:
Cloud-based collaboration
Easy to share files with others
Clear commenting to videos
what could do better:
Being able to make favorites
Pixieset
Organise pictures and make presentations
what well:
Can add favorite list
Nice presentation
Easy to login
what could do better:
Being able to organise videos
Prodflow
Optimize the production workflow
what well:
Sharing features
Nice theme color
For iOS and Android
what could do better:
Interaction (like the feature of order etc.)
Design, Test, Iterate
prototype 1: main board
prototype 2: file operation action
prototype 3: video preview
prototype 4: share
prototype 5: mobile
Final Solution
Software As A Service
An intuitive way to present content
Zizor presents all content in the big middle panel to provide users an easy and intuitive way to view them. And the folders‘ path is shown in the left panel. Operation buttons are on the top for easy access. Company users can customize Zizor by uploading branding logo in the top right of the page.
Easy action button to better manage content
Using an easy pop-up box to do operation action. Zizor is user-friendly with no need for high technical skills. It helps users not only better manage content but also better manage team.
Functional in video preview page
Users can give comments at a specific time of the video to communicate with each other. They can reply to comments from others. Draw tool features are designed for commenting on a specific point of the video to provide more freeways for users.
Flexible features and easy to share
Draw tool feature can mark the video by using different colors, shapes to provide great flexibility to comment on the video. Easy to share by links or presentation way to increase collaboration efficiency.
The Mobile Version