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YouTube Releases Entire Crowdsourced Feature Film 'Life in a Day' for Free

11.2.11 @ 9:21AM Tags : crowdsourcing, feature, lifeinaday, youtube

Along with director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott, YouTube created the crowdsourced feature film Life in a Day from 80,000 user-submitted clips to give a flavor of what was happening all around the world on July 24, 2010. The resulting film played Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, and streamed live. Now it’s come to YouTube in its entirety for free. Watch the 90 minute feature right here: More »

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Crowdsourced 'Life in a Day' Feature Film Premieres Live on YouTube at 8PM EST Tonight

01.27.11 @ 2:34PM Tags : collaboration, crowdsourcing, lifeinaday, live, sundance, youtube

As promised, the Ridley Scott-produced and Kevin MacDonald-directed collaborative YouTube film (26 co-directors are named) will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. Because it’s a YouTube production, however, it will also be streaming live online at 8PM EST. Life in a Day was culled from 80,000 user-submitted clips to give a flavor of what was happening all around the world on July 24, 2010. Here’s a teaser: More »

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YouTube's Crowdsourced 'Life in a Day' to Stream Live from Sundance

01.9.11 @ 6:13PM Tags : crowdsourcing, kevinmacdonald, lifeinaday, ridleyscott, youtube

We last heard about YouTube’s Life in a Day project — wherein producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin MacDonald combed through 80,000 video submissions (totaling 4,500 hours) to piece together one day in the life of, well, humanity — in August. Now comes word that the filmmakers have chosen 26 co-directors from the submissions, and will be premiering the film live at Sundance, complete with a concurrent live stream on YouTube. Here’s a look at one segment of the film: More »