Unfortunately I am in no way implying that I will be in a Hollywood blockbuster, but close to it, for Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald (legendary Oscar-winning film director) have teamed up to create 'Life In A Day,' a historic 'global experiment to create the world's largest user-generated feature film' shot on one day, July 24th. In the description of the documentary the rules are you have precisely 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera, uploading it onto youtube, where the most imaginative and compelling footage will be edited and used as part of the experimental project, produced and directed by two giants of the film industry.
Macdonald describes the documentary as a kind of time capsule, a record of what it's like to live one day on planet earth, that, in 20 or 30 years time people will look back on with awe. In this way he's asking us as residents of this great big spinning rock to document human life in its most basic form.
For most of us commoners these kind of once-in-a-lifetime-cliche-chances pass by fleetingly, but here is the opportune moment to strike. In other words, grab your flip camera and your daily routine and go. There's never been anything more simple.
London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, what could be a more perfect backdrop? LBF commands you to go out into the streets, film the annoying people sleeping on your shoulder in the tube, the office pranks you perform when the boss isn't looking, the way you wink at the cashier in Pret-A-Manger for the morning cuppa, the lazy moments spent in Hyde Park with your mates, or Hoxton Square. Film everything and anything that makes you you, whether you're a super indie tattooist in vintage clothes and tie-dye hair living in Brick lane, or a banker in the city having drinks in the pub after work. Anything goes!
For more information, go to http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday
Bonne Chance!
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