12. This
is
a
YouTube
experiment
that
asks
“what
does
an
Australian
summer
really
look
like?”.
Users
are
encouraged
to
upload
clips
of
their
many
and
varied
summer
experiences.
The
clips
are
located
on
a
(iniYally)
blank
map,
building
up
an
abstract
representaYon
of
Australia’s
geography
based
on
an
emerging
canvas
of
summer
experiences.
13. Users
are
able
to
browse
the
map
and
video
content
through
an
info-‐graphic
styled
user
interface
which
segments
the
data
into
colour
coded
categories.
Take
a
look
at
the
great
acYviYes
people
are
up
to
during
the
Australian
summer
which
is
sYll
going
on
now
(December
to
March).
Those
of
you
based
down
under,
or
who
have
spent
Yme
down
there
(any
English
cricket
fans?!),
get
your
videos
uploaded
and
help
build
up
the
map.
14. You’re
invited
to
pick
up
your
camera
and
upload
a
video
to
the
YouTube
Map
My
Summer
portal.
This
could
be
anything
from
a
snippet
of
mobile
phone
footage
to
a
short
film.
The
only
requirement
is
that
it
must
have
been
shot
a_er
1
December
2010
and
is
an
expression
of
summer.
15. To
kick
things
off,
we
asked
three
upcoming
local
filmmakers,
Ariel
Kleiman,
Luke
Doolan
and
Amy
Gebhardt,
to
create
their
own
short
film
testaments
to
the
Australian
summer
experience,
with
the
help
of
producerLouise
Smith.
16. Legendary
filmmaker
Dr
George
Miller
(Mad
Max,
Babe,
Happy
Feet)
then
selected
Amy
Gebhardt
to
create
a
final
short
film
using
the
uploaded
footage
from
YouTube
Map
My
Summer.
He
will
act
as
mentor
to
her
in
making
the
film,
which
will
have
its
premiere
at
a
gala
event
at
the
Sydney
Film
Fes@val
in
June
2011.
17. The
deadline
for
submissions
to
the
Map
My
Summer
project
has
been
extended
unYl
midnight
on
Friday
8
April
2011
and
the
3-‐
minute
Yme
limit
has
been
increased
to
5
minutes.
20. The
film
represents
a
powerful
new
direcYon
in
cinema
and
illustrates
how
YouTube
has
revoluYonised
and
democraYsed
the
moving
image
around
the
world.
Along
with
the
film
that
inspired
it,
Kevin
MacDonald’s
Life
in
a
Day,
WE
WERE
HERE
is
a
high-‐tech
form
of
modern
communal
filmmaking.
21. WE
WERE
HERE
is
the
first
of
its
kind
in
Australia,
a
film
depicYng
a
portrait
of
the
2011
Australian
Summer
using
only
user
generated
content
uploaded
to
YouTube
Map
My
Summer.
The
resulYng
film
is
a
moving,
poeYc
and
raw
collecYve
expression
of
cultural
idenYty.
23. El
24
de
julio
de
2010,
miles
de
personas
alrededor
del
mundo
subieron
a
YouTube
videos
de
su
vida
para
parYcipar
en
La
vida
en
un
día:
un
experimento
cinematográfico
histórico
que
consiste
en
la
realización
de
un
documental
acerca
de
un
día
en
parYcular
de
la
Yerra.
