'Life In A Day' Takes Over YouTube, Aims To Capture A Day In The Life Of Earth

Kevin Macdonald wants to make a film "unlike any film...that's ever been made before, which is to ask thousands of people, everywhere in the world, on a single day...to film some aspect of their day and then post that material onto YouTube so that we can use it to make a film that is a record of what it's like to be alive on that one day."

Sound like a wacky idea? Some very powerful people didn't think so, and that's on July 24, YouTube will be taken over by 'Life In A Day,' and filmmakers Macdonald and Ridley Scott will wait for the thousands of videos they hope will be uploaded.

WATCH Macdonald's pitch:

The most impressive footage will be included in 'Life In A Day,' set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. Upon its release, the film will also be available for free on YouTube.

Of course, there are a few restrictions, documented on Google's FAQ page. You have to be at least 13 to submit footage, and if you're in Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma, you're out of luck. You're restricted by sanctions.

Comments

[angrymanspokane]

06:25 PM on 07/26/2010

Mine's going to be mind numbingly boring

[sidplicity]

03:41 AM on 07/26/2010

Wait for the film or just ohhhhhhhhhh goto Youtube and watch clips of A Day In My Life category. Yeah I'm sure the film will be better than the actual clips and the immediate satisfaction of clicking on the video and watching it anywhere. Can't wait for it to be out on Beta.

[thereisonlyoneparty]

01:07 AM on 07/26/2010

Our society is dumb.

Who would create media for the possibility that it might be exploited for profit with the only form of compensation being a credit?

Why are people so willing to "create" (using the term loosely) for others in the hopes that they may get some fleeting recognition?

It is odd. The work of a person should be viewed be being something personal, not something that one gives away forever to someone they have never met.

[Aaron Peeples]

05:28 PM on 07/25/2010

I was going to film myself looking for a job, but I decided against it, thinking that it might hurt my chances of actually getting hired somewhere. And maybe finding employment beats maybe being in a movie.

[HumpbackWhale]

03:49 AM on 07/25/2010

This film reminds me of the DVDBook, 'A Moment on Earth' from 2004 in which filmmakers around the world captured a single moment:

http://www.momentonearth.com

I first saw that project when a mosaic they made from the film hit the homepage of Digg. I think there is a link to it from the site... worth checking out...

[merlinspinoza]

02:54 AM on 07/25/2010

life of the planet is in danger ; YOUTUBE might encourage green videos; how to save the organic planet ; who's living 3R's; how to be sustainable and happy

the typical YOUTUBE homepage selections are not very encouraging

GOOGLE might start a green ribbon campaighn to commemorate the planet

[RachelMc]

10:43 PM on 07/24/2010

i would love to record me at work. oh yeah they are already doing that at my job. they have live feeds into secret survellence rooms where men can watch a single female by herself for 30 minutes and it can be perfectly ok and explained away.

[FatLossFilm]

05:13 AM on 07/24/2010

This is a fascinating idea and I look forward to seeing the finished project. What a mammoth task it will be to choose and edit the film.

Very exciting!

[shthar]

11:44 PM on 07/23/2010

It'll be a heavilly edited day, they never accept my videos!