Product Research - Five minute extract

Parkour isn't as established as other urban sports such as stunt biking and skateboarding. Therefore, I only found one documentary called Jump London that was broad casted on Channel 4 and other low production value documentary on YouTube. (click on link for an example of one.)

Whilst watching Jump London, I observed that the main focus of the documentary seemed to be London itself as a city rather than the emerging extreme urban sport. I also didn't agree with Sebastien Foucan dressing Parkour up to be a 'discipline' rather than a sport. After watching the documentary I decided that the focal point of my own documentary would be informing people of the sport, it will also hopefully challenge perceptions people may already have of the sport.

I liked the use of a voice over in the opening of the documentary I found on YouTube, however the rest of the documentary was poorly constructed. Arguably, this documentary focuses too much on the skills and stunts of Parkour. There is lack of movement during the clip and there appears to be no motive behind the documentary.

As I have stated before, I only found two documentaries on Parkour. However, I looked at Free To Skate a short documentary about skateboarding, part of channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder series. I particularly liked this documentary as it was clear and coherent. There was a clear purpose for the documentary and it remained engaging throughout.