1. A method, comprising: identifying a key frame in a video shot, the key frame having a left and right side; measuring a certain length of frames to the left and the right of the key frame for visual content variety; and assembling a video skim having L frames to the left of the key frame and R frames to the right of the key frame, wherein the number of frames selected for L and R, respectively, is dependent upon the measured visual content variety to the left and right of the key frame.