If London Were Syria
| If London Were Syria | |
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| Directed by | Martin Stirling |
| Written by | Joe Wade, Richard Beer, Martin Stirling |
| Starring | Lily-Rose Aslandogdu |
| Distributed by | Save The Children |
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Running time | 93 seconds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
If London Were Syria, titled on YouTube Most Shocking Second a Day Video, is a 93-second charity commercial, created by Don't Panic London for Save The Children UK, marking the third anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. It features a young British girl experiencing the effects of a hypothetical civil war on the streets of London. Everything depicted in the video was based on the factual accounts of children in Syria. The video's purpose is to depict the lives of children growing up surrounded by war, in order to bring attention to young people caught up in the Syrian Civil War.
The video was shot over two days, and combines the second-a-day and photo-a-day video formats, featuring a young girl's life as it progresses from normal to complete chaos in a year.