Ridley Scott teaming up with YouTube on documentary

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ridley Scott wants you to film your day and upload it to YouTube.

The Oscar-winning director of "Blade Runner," "Gladiator," "Thelma and Louise" and other hit films is collaborating with the video-sharing site to document a day in the life of people around the world.

Kevin Macdonald, director of "The Last King of Scotland," "Touching the Void," "One Day in September" and other films, is also taking part in the project dubbed "Life in a Day."

Google-owned YouTube described it as a "historic cinematic experiment" intended to "document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world."

Contributors are being asked to break out their video cameras on July 24.

"You have 24 hours to capture a snapshot of your life on camera," YouTube said in a blog post.

"You can film the ordinary -- a sunrise, the commute to work, a neighborhood soccer match, or the extraordinary -- a baby's first steps, your reaction to the passing of a loved one, or even a marriage," it said.

Macdonald will then edit the footage into a documentary film to be produced by Scott.

YouTube said the full-length documentary will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.

Contributors whose footage makes the final cut will be credited as co-directors and 20 will be selected to attend the premiere.

Footage needs to be uploaded to the "Life in a Day" channel at youtube.com/lifeinaday any time before July 31.

YouTube last year created the world's first online orchestra, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, choosing more than 90 professional and amateur musicians from more than 30 countries through auditions on the video-sharing service.