Length: 03:24
Logline: A film following street artist Ben Wilson.
This seemed like a worthy subject for a doc. A fellow who paints on the discarded chewing gum stuck to the streets of Barnet. It looks like he's got quite the following so feel free to look him up online. You'll probably find one or two other, and better, documentaries about him too.
In this one, we get the staple shots of him doing his thing in all weathers, the general publics response to him and his brief explanation of how and why he does this. Camera quality is a bit shoddy as is the use of the cameras microphone instead of a proper one. It really suffers for it, especially on external locations. Editing isn't perfect either but at least is varied with use of time lapse, subtitles and overlays. One thing which was really bugging was the ridiculous font that Elg chose to use. Difficult to read, in terrible colours, and at one point has a shadow effect added to it, as if that looks any better.
Although I liked that Elg kept this short, I did wish that more time had been spent on showing us some of the guys work which was surely the ultimate point. We get to see four examples at the most. And it is only during the end credits that we eventually get to marvel at some of Wilson's miniatures. This actually started off with a three star rating but unfortunately, as I was writing, I came to realise that this wasn't a very good example of documentary making at all. Sorry. Keep trying though.
Best Bit: Interesting subject matter.
Worst Bit: A big lack of shots showing us this guys art.
Final thought: Bet it gets a bit sticky on a hot day. (Like we ever get any of them)
Read a condensed review of this film on Twitter here.
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