As a film that quickly became a worldwide phenomenon because of its use of 80,000 clips amounting to 4,500 hours of footage from 192 countries, “Life In A Day” is one of those films viewers will never forget. On Jan. 31, the Student Center Auditorium presented a Campus Life event that showed this film to a decently filled auditorium.
“Life In A Day” was pieced together by directors Ridley Scott (“Alien”) and Kevin Macdonald (“One Day in September”) and scrapped down to a 95-minute real-life equivalent of daily activities that people all over the world choose to or have to do everyday.
By taking clips of the footsteps and journeys through daily life on July 24, 2010, Macdonald and Scott have created something that is being called a time capsule for those involved to remember forever.
Known as “a film about a single day on earth,” this thought-provoking flick begged three questions from the video submitters: “What do you have in your pockets?” “What do you fear?” and finally, “What do you love?” All were answered in quirky, honest ways by the uploaders. Each question caused the characters in the movie to wear their hearts on their sleeves.
While extremely graphic at points, for those readers who might be a bit squeamish, this picture is a beautifully painted portrayal of what life is like from the early morning hours to the late midnights of the world.
The world is decorated in colors spanning the rainbow’s many different hues that are not only in relation to pigment but also the emotions humans experience day to day, from the dark to light, from peak to valley.
Some hid their eyes for the disturbing scenes, which is a natural human reaction to parts of life that make us feel out of our comfort zone.
In addition to evoking emotions those in the film are feeling, it also accomplished the feat of breaking down communication walls and helping others understand just what it means to walk in someone else’s shoes.
This masterpiece is a combination of cinematography, worldwide scenery and the main component, the human race from young to old. Not all attendees were as emotionally invested in the film’s plot line, like student Oona Friedland, who thought the film was “anticlimactic.”
It was a quiet theater, apart from the laughter at the adorable moments life offered, and gasps from both shock and sadness that life threw at the audience.
While the audience’s enthusiasm was mild, the motion picture was well-received by some of the film’s viewers.
“I had chills at many different parts,” Vanessa Riley said after viewing the film. “It was brilliant, I really enjoyed it,” she continued.
“Life In A Day” was a realistic take on reality, while maintaining the basic story-telling aspect of cinema. The film was derived from an ingenious idea to bring the world together in emotion, communication and the one thing we all have in common: life.
You can view “Life In A Day” on YouTube.com for free anytime and the soundtrack is available on iTunes. For more information on “Life In A Day,” visit the film’s YouTube channel or IMDb page online.