14 DAY TRIAL // YouTube's ambitious Life in a Day project is ready for its big debut at Sundance later this month. But if you want a sneak peak at what's to come, YouTube has started releasing some clips that were used in the finished documentary. The first such clip is now live and YouTube plans to reveal more as the January 26 release date draws closer.
"Today we’d like to share with you the first in a series of clips we’ll release between now and the world premiere," YouTube announced.
"In this clip, beautifully shot by Toniu Xou and Patricia Marinez del Hoyoa of Spain, a young girl climbs a human castle in the small town of San Jaume dels Domenys in the Spanish province of Tarragona," it explained.
"If watching this clip gets you excited for more, subscribe to the Life in a Day channel to be automatically updated when new clips are released," it added.
The Life in a Day project, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald, aims to capture glimpses of life around the world from July 24, 2010.
Anyone was able to submit their footage, any footage, filmed on July 24 to be included in the film and a lot of people did. YouTube ended up with 80,000 videos which had to be compressed into a feature length documentary.
A huge team of people went through all of the submissions, sorted, labeled and rated them to make the life of the editing team easier. In the end, 1,125 videos made it into the film which will premiere at the Sundance Festival later this month as was the plan.
But you don't need to actually be at the Sundance Festival to watch the documentary, you can tune into YouTube on Thursday, January 27, on 5pm Pacific Time and get a chance to view the finished product along with everyone else.
And, since this is a global project, Life in a Day will also be running on Friday, January 28, at 7pm in each time zone around the world.