Post by Irish Stu on Jul 17, 2011 18:56:22 GMT -6
"Life in a Day is a documentary film project born out of a partnership between YouTube, Ridley Scott Associates and LG electronics, announced on July 6, 2010. Users sent in videos of themselves on July 24, 2010, and then Ridley Scott produced the film and edited the videos into a film with director Kevin MacDonald and film editor Joe Walker, consisting of footage from some of the contributors. All chosen footage authors are credited as co-directors.
The completed film is 94 minutes 57 seconds long and includes scenes from 4,500 hours of footage in 80,000 submissions from 140 nations. The completed film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2011 and the premiere was streamed live on YouTube. The film's music was written by British composer and producer Harry Gregson-Williams, along with Matthew Herbert. The film's opening song, written by Herbert, was performed by British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. On January 24, 2011, National Geographic Films announced that it had received the distribution rights for the film. The movie was released in theaters in June 2011."
What an amazing movie!
You would think that after 20 minutes or so you would get bored with watching people's video clips, but in fact this is a fascinating insight into the lives and worlds of its contributors from around this planet of ours. I had expected nothing more than a selection of random clips, but Life in a Day is so, SO much more. We are taken on a journey, well hundreds of journeys woven together, from daybreak till midnight, sharing the waking moments of people in Japan, Afghanistan, the UK, USA... till the day ends. All set to music.
Sometimes we get just a few seconds glimpse into their day, others maybe a minute. Some we return to, others we never get to learn any more of their story. Some clips are beautiful, some are touching and some are tragic, some just make you smile whilst others make you laugh out loud. But all are real. And all are part of someone's reality.
The best date movie you could ever wish for... you'll be talking for hours afterwards.
The completed film is 94 minutes 57 seconds long and includes scenes from 4,500 hours of footage in 80,000 submissions from 140 nations. The completed film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2011 and the premiere was streamed live on YouTube. The film's music was written by British composer and producer Harry Gregson-Williams, along with Matthew Herbert. The film's opening song, written by Herbert, was performed by British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. On January 24, 2011, National Geographic Films announced that it had received the distribution rights for the film. The movie was released in theaters in June 2011."
What an amazing movie!
You would think that after 20 minutes or so you would get bored with watching people's video clips, but in fact this is a fascinating insight into the lives and worlds of its contributors from around this planet of ours. I had expected nothing more than a selection of random clips, but Life in a Day is so, SO much more. We are taken on a journey, well hundreds of journeys woven together, from daybreak till midnight, sharing the waking moments of people in Japan, Afghanistan, the UK, USA... till the day ends. All set to music.
Sometimes we get just a few seconds glimpse into their day, others maybe a minute. Some we return to, others we never get to learn any more of their story. Some clips are beautiful, some are touching and some are tragic, some just make you smile whilst others make you laugh out loud. But all are real. And all are part of someone's reality.
The best date movie you could ever wish for... you'll be talking for hours afterwards.
