What makes a good Documentary?

In our groups we then started thinking about what makes a good documentary and in particular what kind of documentary's we liked. We then viewed some different short documentary's and again brainstormed what we liked and what we thought was successful about them:

Firstly we looked at a short called 'As I am?' here is a link to view it:

As I Am from Alan Spearman on Vimeo.

This is the list of points me and my group came up with-

Next we looked at a more comicle peice called 'School Portraits'. Here is the link to view it:

School Portrait from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.

Here is what me and my group said about this one-

We then moved on to a MA piece of work called 'White Lining'. Here is the link to view it:

White Lining from Nor Hazlin Nor Salam on Vimeo.

Here is what my group then discussed about this documentary-

Finally we moved on to look at another Documentary this time by Martin Parr called 'Teddy Grays Sweet Factory'. Here is the link to view it:



Here is what in our groups we then discussed about this piece-

Overall I have learnt something from each of these documentary's but if I were to choose my favourite it would probably be 'As I Am' because this one felt most emotional to me and I really like the contemporary style of it.