14 DAY TRIAL // More than a year ago, YouTube unveiled a very ambitious project, one made possible by the existence of the site itself. Life in a Day was to capture what an ordinary day, July 24, 2010, was like for people around the world.
Anyone that wanted to contribute to the project was welcomed to and in fact many did, by the time the submissions period was over, YouTube had gathered 80,000 videos, 4,500 hours of footage.
You can image that going through all that footage and picking the right one was either an editor's worst nightmare or biggest challenge.
But the team assembled by director Kevin Macdonald and executive producer Ridley Scott pulled it off and had the movie ready in time for the Sundance festival.
It's been streamed live on YouTube on one occasion, but it's been hitting several festivals and has seen a theatrical release in several countries since it was completed so it hasn't been made available more widely on the site.
YouTube is announcing that the film has finally ended up on YouTube and is now available to everyone around the world for free. Fitting since it owns so much to YouTube in the first place.
"After a theatrical release in countries around the world including appearances at the Sundance, Berlin, SXSW and Sydney film festivals, Life in a Day is finally coming home to YouTube—in its entirety, for free," YouTube announced.
"Starting today you can watch Life in a Day on YouTube, available with subtitles in 25 languages. So if you haven’t seen it yet or want to relive the experience that The Times of London considers 'a thrilling piece of cinema' and the Washington Post called 'a profound achievement,' now’s your chance," it added.
You can check out the movie on the official YouTube channel, but also see more clips from the people that worked on it.
