Life in a Day 2020

Life in a Day 2020 is a 2021 crowdsourced documentary film. It is the sequel to the 2011 version of Life in a Day and is stated to premiere at Sundance Film Festival February 1st 2021, and later on YouTube February 6th, 2021.[1] It will, like its predecessor, comprise a wide array of selected video clips showing things happening in the world on one day: July 25, 2020.[2]

Life in a Day 2020
Directed byKevin Macdonald
Produced byRidley Scott
Kai Hsuing
Kevin Macdonald
Jack Arbuthnott
Tim Partridge
Edited byMdhamiri Á Nkemi
Sam Rice-Edwards
Nse Asuquo
Production
company
Scott Free Productions
YouTube
RSA Films
Flying Object
Distributed byNational Geographic Films
Release date
  • February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01) (Sundance)
  • February 6, 2021 (2021-02-06) (YouTube)

Theme and production

The announcement of the film was published on the movie's YouTube channel on July 8,[3] coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd protests, natural disasters, etc., which Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson sees as "the perfect time to premiere this for a new edition of a work that so powerfully demonstrates the power of cinematic storytelling to reveal and celebrate our shared humanity."[2]

The film will follow the same structure as its 2011 predecessor, comprising selected vlogs of people all around the world, talking about themselves on the same day, July 25 2020. YouTube states that submissions will be open from July 25 to August 2.[4][5] A team of multilingual editors and researchers will then select noteworthy submissions.[2]

Kevin Macdonald sees the upcoming film as a "time capsule," stating:[6]

I guess any movie reflects its moment, whether you consciously want it to or not, but this even more so. I think it will be a time capsule for the ages. We're living through this time of great political upheaval, and that's maybe at the forefront of our thoughts. But for a lot of people, the lived day-to-day experience, which is what I'm hoping we'll capture in the film, is not going to be about those big issues, at least not directly. It's going to be about, you know, 'it's bath time for the baby,' or, 'what do I do on my Saturday off,' or, 'I don't have enough food to eat, and here's how I get by.' I always say to people, 'What's boring to you, what's normal to you, is gonna be fascinating to other people.'

Like their previous film which grossed over US$600,000,[7] the producers will not compensate individual filmmakers for their creative efforts,[8] despite their work being included in the final release.

After the deadline, YouTube stated that the film is "being assembled."[9]

References
  1. Desborough, Jenny (July 11, 2020). "Life In A Day 2020: How YOU can take part in new Life In A Day film". Express.co.uk. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  2. Ritman, Alex (July 8, 2020). "Kevin Macdonald, Ridley Scott to Reunite for 'Life in a Day 2020,' 10 Years on From Crowdsourced Original". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. "Make a movie with Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald | Film your day July 25". Life in a Day (via YouTube). July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. "Life in a Day". YouTube Originals. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. ""Life in a Day 2020": οι Ρίντλεϊ Σκοτ & Κέβιν ΜακΝτόναλντ επιστρέφουν σ' ένα πρότζεκτ που μοιάζει πιο επίκαιρο από ποτέ - FLIX". Flix (in Greek). July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  6. Aquilina, Tyler (July 8, 2020). "YouTube wants your quarantine videos (and more) for 'Life in a Day 2020'". EW.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  7. Imdb.com Life in a Day, retrieved July 22, 2020
  8. "Life in a Day 2020: FAQs". docs.google.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  9. "Life in a Day". Life in a Day. Retrieved November 3, 2020.


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