description Life in a Day Overview
Life in a Day presents a collection of over 80,000 video clips recorded globally on July 24, 2010. The film assembles these submissions into a documentary showcasing diverse experiences and events occurring worldwide that day. It utilizes user-generated content to create a panoramic view of daily life.
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info Life in a Day Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 2011 |
help Life in a Day FAQ
What date is Life in a Day built around?
The submitted footage was recorded on July 24, 2010. The finished documentary was released in 2011 and turns that single date into a global portrait. [PBS interview with Kevin Macdonald](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/conversation-kevin-macdonald)
Who directed and produced Life in a Day?
Kevin Macdonald directed the film, and Ridley Scott produced it. Their names are central to the project because the footage came from thousands of public contributors rather than one conventional film crew.
How much footage was collected for Life in a Day?
The project received more than 80,000 YouTube submissions totaling about 4,500 hours of video. Editors had to reduce that enormous archive into one coherent documentary.
Was Life in a Day scripted by a normal film crew?
No. People around the world recorded their own lives and uploaded clips to YouTube, after which Macdonald and his editors selected and arranged the material. The result is a crowd-sourced 2011 documentary rather than a staged narrative film.
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