My first Mini Documentary - Comment and Critique please

[Oliver Hadlow Martin]

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shot on the Sony F3 in Wales. It's a cute story about two Artists that live in Rural Wales (It's in the UK for my non British members ;) )

 

 

 

 

Comments and critique always Welcome.

 

 

 

 

Oliver.

 

 

 

 

 

[Oliver Hadlow Martin]

Don't know how to edit posts, but thought I would add I'm a second year undergraduate at the University of York.

[Gregg MacPherson]

 

.......It's a cute story about two Artists that live in Rural Wales

......Comments and critique always Welcome.

Oliver.

 

I really enjoyed that. Partly because I loved turning pottery when I was a kid. I like the simplicity of your film, the fact that it is a direct, honest observation. They (the artists) blur the boundary between making craft and making art. I would happily watch the one hour version, with that idea expanded and a lot more impressionistic details of them, their life forming a collage layer. In this short version I felt the artists were a bit hidden. I couldn't tell if this was a function of your working process, how that might have limited what you were able to photograph, or whether you were deliberately suggesting a sense of anonymity.

 

I would be happy if "reality TV" basically disappeared and was replaced with documentaries. I mean film that actually offers us some insight and learning. Here in New Zealand a "documentary" will typically have a minor celebrity trot their way through some new place or thing. Any chance of in depth observation or interesting idea is subverted by a lot of superficial, over personalized reactions.

 

Cheers,

Gregg

[Carl King]

That was awesome! I watched the whole thing and loved it. Great work.

[Oliver Hadlow Martin]

Thanks for the comments chaps, sorry it took so long to respond I forgot my password here. ha.

 

 

 

 

Glad you enjoyed it :)