YouTube has offered its first sneak peek of the Ridley Scott-produced, crowd-sourced documentary Life in a Day before the film's world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 27.
The clip, shot by Toniu Xou and Patricia Marinez del Hoyoa of Spain, features a young girl climbing a "human castle" in the small town of San Jaume dels Domenys in Tarragona, a Spanish province. That clip is one of 1,125 out of a total of 80,000 submitted that made the final cut for the 90-minute doc.
Life in a Day is based on an experiment in which thousands of people across the world shot video on July 24, 2010 to document a single day on earth. Since then, Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald and a group of editors have been editing the film. On January 24, YouTube is asking viewers to submit questions to Macdonald for an interactive Q&A. Macdonald will also be providing updates from the Sundance Festival during that time.
The film will also make its debut on YouTube on January 27 for no charge. In September, YouTube also launched an interactive gallery showing off some submissions.