Freelance creatives in all sectors, and at all career stages, are invited to join an unprecedented, 24-hour event that will celebrate the creative crowd on a global scale.
Speaking to FreelanceUK, One Day on Earth said its movement to get people in every nation to film their life on 10/10/10 would flourish with input from UK creatives.
In particular, freelance film makers will enrich the multi-platform media project, given it calls for people to "Help document the world's story," of "triumph or tragedy," in a single day.
But ODE says that the event will only be success if "every perspective" imaginable is filmed, partly why a camera and internet connection are all that's needed to take part.
The resulting uploads will form an online time capsule-cum-film archive, and inspire a 120-minute documentary/DVD, on the contributors, their productions and their significance.
Some of those snapshots may have been taken thanks to educational toolkits on media literacy that ODE and its donators are handing out to 76,000 students worldwide.
"As people around the world navigate the e-archive, they will also be able to link back to the creator of the content," said One Day on Earth's Brandon Litman.
"Participants are [also] encouraged to post a link to their personal sites on One Day on Earth.org. Our network already includes filmmakers from over 150 countries and we hope that this is a way for creative people from around the world to engage one another and collaborate."
Although anyone will be able to view the final archive, only ODE participants will be able to download footage to use "in non-commercial creative exploration, with a full credit given to the creator."
But as well as potentially benefitting its freelance individuals, Litman believes the project also offers advantages to the creative industry's digitally-savvy agencies.
"For starters, they can add content to the archive that will be accessible for the world to see," he said. "And, by building video media on specific topics of interest, an agency can not only show its style of documentation, but also help build a media library on important issues that face our global community."
Jul 21, 2010
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