1. On a computing device, a method of providing a video content item for viewing by one or more viewers, the method comprising: identifying one or more objects within the video content item; for each object identified within the video content item, assigning a searchable descriptor for the object; for each object identified within the video content item, creating a time stamp indicating one or more time periods within the video content item during which the object occurs; for each object identified within the video content item, creating a bounding window defining a region of the video content item within which the object occurs; for each object identified within the video content item, packaging the searchable descriptor, the time stamp, and the bounding window into metadata associated with the video content item, the metadata facilitating zoomed viewing of a selected object of the one or more objects within the video content item; and delivering the video content item and the metadata associated with the video content item to a client computing device.