Thursday, 12 May 2016

3 Minute Wonders

Three minute wonders are small clips of people talking about a certain subject. As the name suggests, they are three minutes in length, and some can be strange.

I had to find three of these three minute wonders that I liked, and then state what I like about them.


Karl Pilkington - Life



In this three minute wonder, Karl Pilkington talks about his opinions on life, and his impressions of how far we have come. What I like about this three minute wonder is that he is completely blunt with his opinions, even when they have no logic behind them. These clips of his are usually on big subjects (such as this one - Life), that people debate and think about extensively, but he just gives his opinions on it, speaking how he feels about the subject.
Though it isn't very informational, it has an aspect of humour to it, and allows the audience to appreciate his opinions.

The Wall - Pure Evil



In this three minute wonder, the street artist "Pure Evil" creates a piece of art combining a unicorn and a rocket launcher. In this, I really liked the piece of art that he created, but he also had an interesting commentary about what he was doing, and what it was like, giving some story to what it is like to be a street artist. He states his views about it. I really liked the part where he was talking about his habit of repainting "welcome to hell" outside of a nursery, before then realising and being considerate, and moving his art elsewhere.

Jeff Koons - "Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank"



In this three minute wonder, it is a bunch of school kids commenting on a piece created using three basketballs, and suspending them within the air. What I liked about this was that everyone who had something to comment on it had a different opinion, and interpreted the art differently. Someone were narrow-minded, whereas others tried to look into what the artist was thinking when he came up with the idea. I especially liked the conflicting opinions that people were giving, some annoyed that it managed to make money of such a piece, and others really trying to understand and interpret the piece.

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