Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop"
 
Even though I'm not a big fan of watching documentaries, I thought that this documentary was actually very interesting because of the way it was filmed and how it almost had a suspenseful aspect to it. This documentary was made up of various short clips which I thought worked well together as a whole. In my opinion, I thought that a majority of the things which were shown in the video were pretty believable because of all the raw footages that Thierry Guetta filmed himself with his camcorder. There were a lot of personal videos included such as playing with his children and filming his wife talking about his work. The "shakiness" of the clips almost made me feel as if I was traveling with him through all the moments he filmed and I think that contributed to the fact it was believable. There were also clips of Theirry speaking in another language which makes the audience almost feel intimate in a way and letting them see how he lives. There were clips of interviews with other street artists such as Invader and Shepard but beyond that, there were actual films where Thierry filmed himself following the artists and traveling with them to see how they went about with their street art. Some of the clips almost looked as if it was part of a crime show where police actually showed up and also told Thierry to stop filming which made the documentary very realistic.

Although I thought that this documentary was very realistic, there were also some aspects that made it not too believable. The fact that Banksy's face wasn't shown and his voice was altered made it kind of unrealistic. Some of the music also didn't quite fit in with the clips because the genre would change and didn't go along to what the clip was trying trying to portray. It would switch from lively music to techno music which didn't match. Also, towards the end when the documentary fast forwarded 6 months, I found it not believable because it was very sudden and it seemed as if it was a random page that said "6 months later" was just put in between the clips.

I think the purpose of this video is to demonstrate the beauty of street art and show the extent that people will go to display their artworks. Even though street art is considered to be illegal, the only reason why people still do it is to get their work shown to the public and to inspire others. Like in the documentary, Shepard started to post his work that later became part of an iconic Obey icon. I feel that by watching this documentary, street art can incorporate very expressive work that portrays a side of the artist's personality.