Ollie Tristram

A 4 minute short from FourDocs called 'The Garage Wars' about a couple who have very opposite views on the man's layout of all the old bits and bobs in his garage.

My Opinion:

I love the way the two people have such contrasting views on the 'mess' in the garage and how serious they are when they try to explain why they do or do not like the state the garage is in. In terms of how the film has been edited, it was a clever, if not obvious idea to inter-cut both separate takes from the man and woman because it keeps the pace up hearing the opposite opinions so frequently. The camera is very straight forward, mixing in a standard handheld shot with an occasional low-angle shot through a couple of bikes - so simple, yet so effective. The general concept of the documentary is really original and it is interesting for the viewer to not only see all the weird and wonderful things in the garage but how the couple bounce off each other - they are like a comedy duo!



A 3 minute 20 second short which is completely different from the video above about a woman who found comfort in playing with snails.

My Opinion:

A 4 minute 30 second documentary about a chef who also performs street magic for pleasure as well as business.

My Opinion:

This is a much more traditional documentary, but what sells the idea is that this person at first seems like just a flamboyant magician, but we see that his actual day job is as a chef. It is an unusual mix that grabs the audiences attention as we want to find out why this guy wants to juggle these two passions. I think in places it slightly loses track and has some more irrelevant sections like in the nightclub for example, its not really related to either of his jobs, but in terms of interviewing and using the public as side-characters it is a good solid short documentary.