YouTube just announced a new video project called “Life in a Day.” In a nutshell, on July 24, they’re inviting the public to become film directors and create video snapshots of their lives on that day. The most compelling submissions will then be edited by Oscar-winning director, Kevin Macdonald, into a documentary, executive produced by Ridley Scott, that is scheduled to screen at Sundance next year.

This is a great idea and all but this sort of seems to be pretty much a rip-off of “One Day on Earth.” My old college roommate is actually producing that project and told me about it months ago. Check out their trailer:

Can you say knock-off?! Am I crazy to think this is way too similar? I know “One Day on Earth” has a lot of great videographers participating on that day. I’d be curious if, by the nature of YouTube, the “Life in a Day” project might have more banal submissions of day-to-day life.

Either way, I hope that you check out both projects and, if possible, support both with your videos on the respective days.