A film similar to the one I plan to create could be 'Life in a Day' produced by Ridley Scott. It is an experimental film which consists of 80,000 clips sent into Youtube from people in 192 different nations. Director Kevin Macdonald told The Wall Street Journal that the project was initially conceived as a way to commemorate the 5th birthday of Youtube, and that he wanted to 'take the humble Youtube video, and elevate it into art.' It serves as a time capsule to show future generations what life was like on that specific day.

The film is experimental, which is what mine is centred around. Macdonald explained that the film "doesn't have a traditional story or a traditional narrative, but it has thematic movement…and ... recurring characters." which is similar to my film. I won't have a traditional narrative and I may not even have characters - I just hope to capture beauty and art. 

I want to use a lot of close ups in my film to capture detail, as well as establishing shots of various locations. The image above demonstrates a close up of somebody releasing lanterns, an idea I am inspired by and may cooperate in my own work.

Time lapses are also used, like the ones I wish to use. Unfortunately I will not be able to travel and capture the northern lights, however I will try to capture time lapses just as imaginative and effective. 

A part of the film shows a couple holding hands. I like this idea and it reinforces how I wish to use the photography/film studio at some point and create portraiture footage to add to my film, possibly in black and white to add variation.