Research: 3 Minute Wonders

I have been researching Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonders. A three minute documentary is a short documentary that helps producers and filmmakers get into the industry. Channel 4 really help with that as they have selected slots for three minute wonders. The sort of topic to see in a three minute wonder mostly relates to something personal to the filmmaker/director. 

Here is my first out of three favourite 3 Minute Wonders.



I really like the camera shots for this documentary, its very fast paced this works well with the object that he is showing, how it takes so long to draw and build but when the editing is fast paced it looks so simple. From this documentary I have learnt the skill and technique of making sculptures. This type of documentary according to Bill Nichols is expository, this is where the subject talks directly to the viewer either with a voice over or titles.They are mainly rhetorical and persuade the viewer to understand what they are telling.

The second documentary is This is Our Youth: Carrot Crew


During this documentary school kids are protesting about their own food revolution two gangs at south London school, One being the crisp crew and the other being the carrot crew. This seems comical but is a serious matter. This type of documentary is Interactive, Although the filmmaker has no appearance, there is a debate between the two rival gangs and they talk directly towards the camera. I really like the layout of the documentary. 

The third and final documentary that I really liked is 3 Minute Wonder The Wall Andy Seize.


This documentary is Observational the filmmaker follows the subject around and discovers the different events that they occur. In this documentary the events are about spray painting (graffiti) I really like this style of documentary, as it shows what Andy Seize is passionate about. From this documentary I have learnt that not all graffiti is disturbing and offensive. 

On the 19th of April 2016 on Channel 4 there are 3 documentary's being aired between 3am and 4am. 

On Channel five for the 18th of April there are 10 documentary's being broadcasted through out the day. 

On BARB they produce viewing figures for different genre of tv programmes, For the week ending the 3rd of April the viewing share is 12.73% 

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