Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald Teaming Up With YouTube To Make User-Generated ‘Life in a Day’ Dan Koelsch, July 7, 2010 Back in April, we reviewed the documentary 140 as part of our Newport Beach Film Festival coverage. The concept was to have 140 people film 140 seconds at the exact same time, in order to get a snapshot of the world at one moment. While the doc was made by an amateur filmmaker, it looks like some more high profile entities are looking to do something similar. YouTube is teaming up with producer Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) and director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) to bring you “Life In A Day“, made by you, and sponsored by LG. The documentary looks to showcase a day in the life of the real people in the YouTube community, to be filmed on a single day (June 24th). Check out the promotional video below. Think of it as sort of a time capsule for future historians. Billing this as a “historic cinematic experiment”, YouTube is looking premiere the finished documentary at next year’s Sundance Film Festival. In fact, 20 of the chosen collaborators will get to help present the film at Sundance. To get more information on the film and how to participate, click here. Contests Fan Made Work Viral Marketing Viral News Viral Videos 140DocumentaryFan MadeKevinMacDonaldLife in a DayRidley ScottYouTube
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SNL Hits Hard With Charlie Sheen and Miley Cyrus March 7, 2011March 7, 2011This weekend Miley Cyrus hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC, and we got treated to jokes about Charlie Sheen, Beastly, the Disney Channel, and CBS, along with Miley constantly reminding us her scandals aren’t that bad. The full episode is available online, but if you want to see the highlights,… Read More
Super 8 Clip #3 Has Direct Viral Connection May 18, 2011The FOX network has had the privilege of hosting preview clips for the upcoming Super 8 that center around the train crash at the beginning of the film. The clips have debuted each night during the 8pm show, with the fourth and last one premiering tonight during American Idol. We’ve… Read More
This was done back in 2004 by Satellite Films. See http://www.momentonearth.com/ 60 Filmmakers, 60 Seconds, One Moment on Earth.