June 24, 2010
On October 10th, 2010 (10/10/10), thousands of people, from every nation around the world, will film their perspective and contribute their voice to the largest participatory media event in history. ONE DAY ON EARTH is an online community, a video time capsule, and a film. It explores our planet’s identity in the attempt to answer the question: Who are we?
WHAT WILL WE SEE?
ONE DAY ON EARTH showcases the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one 24 hour period. What happens in a day? Birth, life, death, and everything the imagination can find in between: from the basic human needs, joys and struggles that unite us, to the unique cultural traditions that give us identity. Thousands of normally untold stories will have another chapter. Though the eyes of citizen filmmakers, we will create an extensive library of international footage and experiences from a single day. What we will exactly see is an unanswerable question. But, as we piece together a mosaic of moving picture from this archive, we will create a powerful and new perspective of daily life on this planet.
WHO IS CREATING THIS?
Everyone. The project is free and open to all. Our participants include school children in remote classrooms in Tigray, Ethiopia, to Academy Award nominated filmmakers, to charitable organizations like 350.org. We are working closely with the United Nations to secure an authentically diverse range of perspectives; everyday, scores join our online community at www.onedayonearth.org.
HOW WILL WE SEE IT?
Feature Film – ONE DAY ON EARTH will create a feature film that best represents daily life on this planet recorded on 10/10/10. Geo‐tagged Archive – Anyone will be able to navigate and view the video archive through our website: www.onedayonearth.org. Footage will be searchable by topic, popularity, and location through both a Google earth interface and standard topic search. Additional Media – Television, Books, VOD, Mobile Video, Musical Soundtracks, Public Space Installations, Educational Programs.
SUPPORTERS:
Creative Visions ‐ sponsorship for 501(c)3 status, University of Southern California ‐ public relations, United Nations Development Program ‐ outreach, UNICEF ‐ outreach, NASA ‐ footage donation, MIT Media Lab ‐ educational technology advisors Please sign up to participate at: www.onedayonearth.org
