“...I saw a film today, Oh boy...”
- John Lennon (via The Beatles), A Day in the Life
On July 24th, 2010, life in a single day on earth will be documented and assembled into a feature film, brought to you by collaborators Google, YouTube and LG Electronics.
The project, entitled Life in a Day, encourages people all over the globe to upload video footage of any event happening to them throughout the 24 hours on July 24th, the experiences can and should range from the celebratory to the tragic, and from the traumatic to the comforting.
All video footage that is uploaded will be accessible on the Life in a Day YouTube Channel, however, select footage will be edited into a feature film by director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) and overseen by executive producer Ridley Scott (Gladiator). This Life in a Day film will then be entered into the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. All creators of selected footage will be credited as co-directors and an exclusive 20 spots will be available for co-directors to attend the film festival.
It could be said that video platforms such as YouTube already, likely, nearly, capture the entire gamut of global human experience and beyond. As of this year, there was an estimated 120 million videos on YouTube alone, with 200 000 uploaded daily, and an estimated timeframe of 600 years required for one individual to view them all. Yet, the Life in a Day project adds a unique angle, namely, how does a single, time capsuled day in the human experience look, when sent through the grinder of cinematic art.
It could almost be accepted that YouTube as it currently stands is more representative of life on earth in all its frenetic, random, and varying-in-quality glory. I certainly do not doubt MacDonald’s talent as a director, but it must be posited that having a director who ultimately over sees the project’s compilation, will naturally skew the vision of the world. Self efficacy is, of course, possible in film, but with an anicipated over 200 000 videos to be uploaded on July 24th, selection will be an unavoidable expression of preference and perception. Nevertheless, perhaps this will be part of the film’s attraction, viewing the world through foreign eyes for a single day.
Lastly, as an interesting little calculation, if the aforementioned video statistics are true and it would take 600 years to view YouTube's 120 million videos, then if July 24th sees the (at minimum) expected upload of 200 000 videos, it would take approximately one year to view one day's worth of life on earth.
- John Lennon (via The Beatles), A Day in the Life
On July 24th, 2010, life in a single day on earth will be documented and assembled into a feature film, brought to you by collaborators Google, YouTube and LG Electronics.
The project, entitled Life in a Day, encourages people all over the globe to upload video footage of any event happening to them throughout the 24 hours on July 24th, the experiences can and should range from the celebratory to the tragic, and from the traumatic to the comforting.
All video footage that is uploaded will be accessible on the Life in a Day YouTube Channel, however, select footage will be edited into a feature film by director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) and overseen by executive producer Ridley Scott (Gladiator). This Life in a Day film will then be entered into the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. All creators of selected footage will be credited as co-directors and an exclusive 20 spots will be available for co-directors to attend the film festival.
It could be said that video platforms such as YouTube already, likely, nearly, capture the entire gamut of global human experience and beyond. As of this year, there was an estimated 120 million videos on YouTube alone, with 200 000 uploaded daily, and an estimated timeframe of 600 years required for one individual to view them all. Yet, the Life in a Day project adds a unique angle, namely, how does a single, time capsuled day in the human experience look, when sent through the grinder of cinematic art.
It could almost be accepted that YouTube as it currently stands is more representative of life on earth in all its frenetic, random, and varying-in-quality glory. I certainly do not doubt MacDonald’s talent as a director, but it must be posited that having a director who ultimately over sees the project’s compilation, will naturally skew the vision of the world. Self efficacy is, of course, possible in film, but with an anicipated over 200 000 videos to be uploaded on July 24th, selection will be an unavoidable expression of preference and perception. Nevertheless, perhaps this will be part of the film’s attraction, viewing the world through foreign eyes for a single day.
Lastly, as an interesting little calculation, if the aforementioned video statistics are true and it would take 600 years to view YouTube's 120 million videos, then if July 24th sees the (at minimum) expected upload of 200 000 videos, it would take approximately one year to view one day's worth of life on earth.
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