Sometimes Google takes a break from its mission of organizing all the world's information and decides to embark upon an artsy project that encapsulates...organizing all the world's information.
Late on Tuesday, the search giant posted an entry to the Official Google Blog announcing the creation of "Life In A Day," a film project that solicits video submissions from YouTube users around the world--the criteria is that they must capture some kind of moment filmed on July 24.
It's legit. "Touching The Void" director Kevin Macdonald will edit "the most compelling footage" into a documentary film executive-produced by Ridley Scott of "Blade Runner" and "Gladiator" fame. It will be shown at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, all contributors who make it into the final cut will be credited as "co-directors," and 20 of them will be invited to the premiere.
But, the Google blog post explains, everyone's important! "Regardless of whether your footage makes it into the final film, your video(s) will live on on the 'Life in a Day' channel as a time capsule that will tell future generations what it was like to be alive on July 24, 2010," the post by product marketing manager Tim Partridge read.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20009819-36.html
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