Such storytelling is sometimes used as a form of journalism, where "[a] day-in-the-life story records the activities of someone through a period of time—such as the length of a day.
The videojournalist shoots everything in hopes of capturing revealing details".
A day in the life of an animal is presented in thirty or fifty minutes of film time.
Yet the moving pictures of which the film is composed—the shots themselves—happen in real time.
[2]Although a day in the life story may present a distinct crisis arising and being dealt with, "some of the writers of these stories feel they are an exploration into the human condition and relationships, that a day in the life of a character, without a Climax and Resolution, is just as valid a storytelling model".