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
Lionsgate and Twitter Team Up For Screenings of “Warrior” August 31, 2011August 31, 2011Lionsgate co-COO and Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake announced yesterday a special sneak preview program of their upcoming inspirational sports drama, Warrior, starring Tom Hardy (Inception) and Joel Edgerton (The Thing). And to promote the event, Lionsgate has teamed up with Twitter. Find out more after the jump. Warrior… Read More
Events Restoring Truthiness: Colbert Announces He’ll Have an Announcement If Stewart Announces an Announcement September 7, 2010October 18, 2011Yes, you read that correctly. Stephen Colbert announced on “The Colbert Report” that if Jon Stewart announces his announcement that he said he would announce on “The Daily Show,” then Stephen Colbert will announce an even more important announcement at a date to be announced. Now take a deep breath…. Read More
Viral Video: Twilight Meets Modern Warfare January 12, 2010January 21, 2010Finally gamers and Twilight bashers can come together and celebrate their passions in one glorious viral video. Check out this mock trailer from G4TV for the most epic movie of all time, Twilight: Modern Warfare 2. PC Games – E3 2010 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Thanks… Read More
This was done back in 2004 by Satellite Films. See http://www.momentonearth.com/ 60 Filmmakers, 60 Seconds, One Moment on Earth.