[video] A life on Facebook: to live & log-out

Posted only two days ago, this short film – directed by Maxime Luère - was quickly picked up by the online community and already counts nearly 600,000 views on YouTube. Why? Probably because it  tells the simple story of life through the lens of a social media we known almost as well as we know ourselves, Facebook.

In this “new way of life” everything is shared more quickly, with more people. Emotional response is just a click away, as our life is increasingly lived through our computer screens. A huge open-air story, a simple to scroll timeline, still full of the same passions that have inspired us for centuries.

We interact by ‘liking’, we meet in a wall governed by a few rules (thank you photo-tagging!) and we’re just a few pokes away from our family. The video is soundtracked by the evergreen “Paint it black”. Alex Drone is, in a way, our avatar, and his “Life on Facebook,” makes us smile. It’s the story of our life.