Analysing exsisting material.

 I looked at  Exit through the gift shop, which is a film documentary directed by well-known street artist Bansky. It was nominated at the 83^rd Oscars for ‘Best Documentary Feature’. The film is said to be a prank or ‘mockumentary’ but when questioned on the latter Banksy insists the film is not a prank and 100% real. The approach to this documentary is a mixture of education/informative and collage. The film revolves solely around the subject of street art and there are multiple contributors in film. Archive footage is also used throughout the film, particularly in the opening montage where we see archival footage from existing street art films.

The film shows LA based French immigrant Thierry Guetta’s obsession with street art and documentation of his own life via filming.