1. A method, comprising: activating a profile selection function via a media recording device; receiving, via the profile selection function, an identifier of a target viewer of media content, the profile selection function providing a list of social network contacts, including the target viewer, via the media recording device; retrieving contact preferences associated with the identifier, the contact preferences determined from data about the target viewer that is sourced from at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the contact preferences identifying focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the target viewer; and providing suggested focal aspects of a scene subject to media capture, the suggested focal aspects derived from the contact preferences.