#british documentary

Humphrey Jennings epitomises the artist-filmmaker and this poetic evocation of ordinary people enjoying well-earned time away from the mill, mine, or foundry is a forerunner to Jennings’ later wartime greats such as Listen to Britain. Joyous shots of people either pigeon fancying, ballroom dancing or swigging a pint down the local in in Sheffield, Manchester, Bolton and Pontypridd are edited with grace and surrealism-infused wit.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

Having become a familiar fixture on Britain’s walls, Banksy popped up on our screens with this mischievous treatise on street art and celebrity. Remaining in the shadows, the notoriously elusive artist cedes centre stage to Thierry Guetta, a French exile in Los Angeles who latches on to the street art scene via his cousin, Invader.

British Documentary la Muzeul Țăranului Român.

Săptămâna trecută am fost la Muzeul Țăranului Român să văd primul film documentar din cadrul proiectului British Documentary. Am plecat, cum s-ar spune, În căutarea lui SugarMan. :D Descrierea oficială ar suna cam așa: „În căutarea lui Sugar Man” este un documentar care detaliază eforturile a doi fani din Cape Town, la sfârșitul anilor ’90, Stephen „Sugar” Segerman și Craig Bartholomew Strydom,…

I have reached number 10 of this 52 week project. I am 1/5th (near enough) of the way through this  project and it has been an amazing journey so far.

Alongside the 10 clips you see a lot of background work takes place. I spend each day finding new and interesting people to take part in this project, I am constantly taking inspiration from other blogs and documentary films, I push myself to make my next interview better than the last, looking at camera technique and improving sound and editing, when I started this back in March I never thought it would be so much work, but I truly love every minute of it!

After analysing these 10 Human Stories, I have decided to step it up a gear and push myself even further.  I have become a lot more comfortable and relaxed when interviewing complete (or near) strangers and now I am overcoming that fear of asking more ‘personal questions’, I want to look at turning the ‘Human Stories’ into ‘Human mini-documentaries’, taking the interview and finding ways to tell that person’s story in a much more visual way.  I will need to be fearless, have a good eye for detail and continue to improve my self shooting skills and editing technique.  This change may mean that some of the stories are a little longer, but I will always aim to keep the mini-docs under 5 minutes.

Thanks for your support and I hope you continue to follow me on this journey.  Any feedback is welcomed.