Now, they need your help to do it again.
(you’ve got the option to seesubmission guidelines and more here.)
I think it will be a time capsule for the ages," Macdonald muses.
Life in a Day 2020will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and on YouTube in 2021.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you planning on making a follow-up toLife in a Daybefore the pandemic hit?
What else went into the decision to do a follow-up film?
I think this might be my version of that.
What makes this project unique now that that sort of thing is much more ubiquitous?
Many people’s social media is about presenting the perfect version of their lives and themselves.
This is about honesty, and about simplicity.
We want to see what life is really like for you.
That’s something that only a project like this can do.
When we first did it, we had to invent a new way of editing, in a sense.
We hired 25 or 30 assistants from all around the world, who spoke multiple languages.
They would give it a star rating, from one to five.
And there’s not going to be a lot of that.
Any film you make, there are only a certain number of really golden moments.
Like, “Oh my God, what’s special about what we do?”
We encourage people not to cut the material they send us.
What do you want to say to people who might want to participate?
It’s a genuine piece of art, as well as being a time capsule of our times.
I hope that they’ll feel that there’s something exciting about the idea of this, and worthwhile.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
