Life in a Day – July 24 2010

You’ve got to hand it to Google, they definitely don’t rest on their laurels. They’ve given us google maps, streetview, location-sensitive mobile information, a free email system and access to a ludicrously fast search engine. All for free.
YouTube has clearly been woven into the same cloth since it joined the Google mothership, being innovative through streaming live concerts and creating a virtual orchestras.

They haven’t stopped there, the latest project is called ‘Life in A Day‘ and naturally, it’s quite ambitious.

“Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create the world’s largest user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by you. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be edited into an experimental documentary film, executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.”

Pretty cool huh. Will be very interesting to see what the final product is like, and what proportion of submissions feature kittens or nudity. I feel sorry for whoever has to sort through the rushes…

Life in a day

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Posted: July 7th, 2010 | Author: Tom Hyde | Filed under: creative | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

The end of the action hero

Word on the street is that the studios are going to remake a host of 80’s classics such as Karate Kid, Short Circuit and Ghost Busters. Amongst those also being remade is Total Recall and this got me thinking about a very important and serious question; In the modern day world of action heroes who can step into Arnie’s shoes?

The answer is nobody. The role of the action hero has changed with more nimble, in thought and body, stars taking centre stage such as Matt Damon or Christian Bale. We are therefore left with the likes of Vin Diesel to play our traditional action hero. Unfortunately he is terrible even in the most basic action role.

The true action hero is dead. Goodbye and God bless.

True Hero

Terrible

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Posted: June 18th, 2009 | Author: Sam Waymont | Filed under: creative | Tags: , , | No Comments »