Remember that crowd-sourced documentary film attached to filmmakers Kevin Macdonald and Ridley Scott I was telling you about back in early July? Well it’s almost complete and ready for us to enjoy! Here’s a quick refresher if you need it. Life in a Day is described as “a historic cinematic experiment to document a single day on Earth.” Director Macdonald and producer Scott asked people all around the world to film their day on July 24, 2010. Over 80,000 video clips of people’s lives were submitted (over 4500 hours of footage), and a team of editors managed to whittle it all down into a 90 minute documentary film “that gives an honest and inspiring glimpse of our world.” Of the 80,000 clips originally submitted, 1,125 of them made it into the final cut. One of these chosen clips is embedded above; the beautifully shot clip called “Slim Up” was shot by by Toniu Xou and Patricia Martinez del Hoyoa of Spain and features a young girl climbing a human castle in the small town of San Jaume dels Domenys in the Spanish province of Tarragona. This is just a sneak peak into what the film will encompass. The film “really gives you a flavor of what it was like to be alive on 24th July 2010,” says Macdonald.
Life in a Day will premiere January 27 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and it will be broadcasted live on YouTube for everyone to see that day at 8PM EST. Following the premiere the director of the Festival will conduct an interactive interview with Macdonald and the 20 top contributors of the film. Starting Monday, January 24 you can submit questions and maybe yours will get picked when the interview is streamed after the film.
Bookmark the Life in a Day YouTube channel and check back there on the 27th at 8PM to watch what promises to be an exciting and curious look into a single day of humanity. Look after the break to watch a recent and informative interview with Macdonald and editor Joe Walker.
Update: National Geographic has partnered up with YouTube to acquire the rights to bring the doc to the States. If you missed Life in a Day when it streamed online, it’s expected that Nat Geo will release it in theatres on July 24, 2011; yes, that is exactly one year after all the footage was shot. A DVD release with bonus content will follow.
[Via YouTubeBlog; Deadline]
Very much looking forward to this – will it stream only once on Youtube i.e at 8pm on 27th? Will it be available after that time?
According to YouTube, the film will be re-broadcast at 7pm on Friday, January 28, in your local time zone. After that you won’t be able to watch it until it gets released later in 2011.