Pathways Unit 1 Reading 1 Life in a Day Quiz

In 2010, Kevin Macdonald asked people to film their lives over the course of a week for a movie project.

• True

• False

The movie Life in a Day produced in 2010 features moments like people waking up and a woman discovering she is pregnant.

• True

• False

According to Macdonald, the internet made it impossible to create a film like Life in a Day.

• True

• False

The second film, Life in a Day 2020, focused primarily on people's fears and anxieties.

• True

• False

Both Life in a Day films suggest that despite cultural differences, people share similar emotions and needs.

• True

• False

What was the primary method used by Kevin Macdonald's team to collect footage for the Life in a Day project?

• Sending professional camera crews around the world.

• Asking people to submit their videos to YouTube.

• Interviewing people about their daily routines.

• Using surveillance footage from various locations.

According to Macdonald, what makes something seem 'banal'?

• Experiencing it in a culture different from your own.

• Seeing it happen to someone else.

• Living with it in your own culture.

• Watching it repeatedly in a movie.

What is something that people around the world expressed fear of in the videos submitted for Life in a Day?

• Running out of food.

• Losing their pets.

• The disappearance of technology.

• War.