The document summarizes several graffiti documentaries that were researched. It discusses the content, techniques, and strengths and weaknesses of each documentary. Key aspects that were common across many of the documentaries included interviews with graffiti artists and a wide range of shots that provided good views of graffiti pieces. For the author's own documentary, they aim to implement a variety of shot types to showcase graffiti art and include interviews with local artists.

1. Research
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2. BBC One 2017 Documentary
‘Vandals and Visionaries’ is a short documentary
about graffiti, mainly focused on the Bristol
graffiti scene it takes the viewer through how
graffiti began to how it has positively effected
Bristol. This is a really good documentary as it has
a wide range of graffiti artistes and writers that
were there while it was starting have a positive
change. This gives the viewer a really in depth
look into how it was like for them and a
completely different perspective something I
would like to use in my own work.
This documentary was made by the ‘BBC’ this follows
”Miquita Oliver” as she looks at the Bristol . It also has lots
of interviews with the people that were doing the graffiti
and the police trying to stop the graffiti. These were two
completely different views and it sort of goes through a
timeline of events from when graffiti was really hated to
now were some graffiti artistes work is being protected by
the public. She focuses mainly on the big graffiti writers
that came from Bristol the most known being “Banksy”
who’s work is very well know in the UK and probably one
of the most well know in the world.
What’s it about?
Who was in it?
All the filming done in this documentary were all done on out dated software and low
quality cameras as it was filmed quite a while ago. For mine I will use all up to date
software and high quality cameras to give the graffiti a much nicer and appealing
look. For the shots a lot of them were done in a studio as most of it is interview style
however out side that there are a few basic shots of the graffiti and the area. In mine
I will focus more on the area and graffiti than talking to writers as it is hard to find
local writers that would be willing to do that. The lighting in the shots is just day light
as all the shots outside of the studio are on public or private property just in the
street. Something bad this documentary did was its color scheme was rather dull in
mine I will have a lot of colors to match the colorful graffiti I will photograph. They did
however make it appealing to the audience as it had such a different perspective
something I will use in my own work. That is also the reason why I choose to annotate
this product.
Evaluation.

3. Sheffield Graffiti Kingdom.
This is another really good documentary similar to the “BBC” staring a lot
of current writers however all based in Sheffield. This video is just made
to glorifying the scene in Sheffield and how it has evolved over the years
with all the big writers and taggers. I really enjoyed watching this
documentary as it gave a really in dephth look through the eyes of past
and present writers something I would like to use in mine however I think
it will be hard to find writers in my area or the city I will target that will be
willing to speak on it.
Whats it about?
Evaluation.
In this documentary all the people staring had there identity's hidden through having their
faces blurred or just not being in shot this give a sense of mystery and shows the viewers
how secretive these people are. However this is probably not a technique I will be using in
my work. The shot types in this documentary was very wide and there was a range of
different shots used. There was close ups and long shots off all the different pieces of
graffiti giving the viewer a good look at each piece. It is also very well structured giving the
audience an easy to follow story something mine will need . Non of the shots in this were
filmed in a studio all shots were outside or just in peoples homes. This meant that all the lighting was daylight giving it a really natural tone. In
this documentary the camera used to film was a much newer camera than the one used in the “BBC” documentary this helped a lot and made
This documentary look up to date and more stylish than the ‘BBC’ one. This also
helped promote the art as it gave it a nicer look and made it more appealing to the
audience. I choose to look at this documentary as it was mainly focused on a
specific graffiti scene in one city, this is something I may use in my own work. The
only negatives I have about this documentary is the audio quality isn't that good
and it doesn't really follow any specific color scenes however this focuses more on
each separate piece which actually may have helped the audience appeal with nice
looking art instead of blurry not good looking art. Overall I really liked this
documentary and it has showed me a lot of different techniques and things that
work well that I may use in my own work to make it look and flow better.

4. Behind The Wall
This is a good short documentary based in London
showing of the graffiti scene. It mainly follows a
shop owner that opened a graffiti shop and how
that has affected the community. In this
documentary there are only a couple of people
being interviewed as it is a much shorter
documentary. I didn't really like how this
documentary was very based on legal walls and
this shop instead of the actual scene and graffiti
pieces. It did keep me watching however covered
a lot about the shop owners personal views and
people that paint legal walls not really what graffiti
is about and most the shots being takenin one
place didn’t show the veriety of all the pieces
something that is most interesting about graffiti.
This documentary includes a small cast
only including the interviewer and a
couple 2-3 people that they interview
mainly following the shop owner
though. This shop owner made the
most notorious shop in the whole of
London all graffiti writer know about
his shop and he helps protect and help
out the writers. The documentary doesn't’t really look at many graffiti spots
though and isn't really that creative with their shot types or locations. Most the
locations and all of the same place a legal graffiti wall I think near to where the
shop is located and the rest of the shots are just of the shop owner or in the shop.
Another interview with a younger writer confused me as a viewer a bit as he was
sat in a dark room but you could still see the writers face so they weren't in a dark
room to disclose his identity so I think at was a bit silly when he could have done
the interview in a lit room or even in front of a graffiti piece he has done. Some
other things that could have been improved was a lot of the shots were done at
night so the lighting was just horrible om them. They also used different cameras
and some were less high quality than others so I don’t see why they didn't just use
the same camera in each shot. Other than them this documentary did have a good
audience appeal being short allowed it to keep the watcher intrigued throughout.
Brief summary
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5. The Mobsters Vol.2 (Full Movie)
This is probably one of the best graffiti documentary's/ movies out at the moment and it
was filmed in 2017 4 years ago and follows a group of train bombers on there adventures.
It is all filmed on a camera strapped to one of the crews head and allows the viewer to see
their every move when painting trains. It is like a montage video of all the trains they hit.
This is obviously putting them at great risk of getting into trouble with the police however
if they are careful enough they can get away with no consequences.
Over view.
This video uses a wide range of techniques
to have this as its final product the film
starts with a disclaimer not promoting the
act of vandalism and says “Video footage
was supplied anonymously” this is so the
video wont be taken down and the person
that made the channel cant be prosecuted
for actions taken in the video. I will need to use this in my video for the same reason else
the video will get taken down by YouTube. Other than that the shot types in this film were
very broad compared to the other documentary's. it had all sorts of angles like head cams,
close ups long shots videos of the area around the stations how they got there pretty much
all the angles they could get. This give the viewer a in depth look at how they work and go
through to get their final art onto the trains. It also shows the amount of risks these artistes
put themselves under to get one more piece and they keep pushing for more. There are
even shots from CCTV cameras showing them painting. In my opinion this documentary is a
very good documentary as it literally puts the viewer into the eyes of these artists and
allows the viewer to see the hard work and timing that goes into every piece showing that
these guys aren't criminals but very very smart artistes just finding a way to express them
selves. it also the amount of risk that goes into photographing that and getting out safe.

6. Research Analysis
• What common features do the researched
products have? They all include a lot of interviews
with current or past writers to show how it was
for them.
• What aspects of the research will you include
within your own production work? In a lot of
them there was a wide range of different shots
on the graffiti pieces this is something I would like
to implement into my work.

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1. Your, Name. (2018) Target Audience Research Survey (conducted on
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2. Interviewees, Name. (2018) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on
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