Minding the essayistic potential for swift mental travel, I approached this mode activity with the intent to bridge the neighborly autobiographical and essay doc modes. The result is consciously multi-modal, exploiting the loose associations of the essayistic mode, akin to the films of Chris Marker, though clearly not as liberal in movement of ideas. The film centers on reflections of the past and my own experience as a filmmaker and family chronicler, thus utilizing my own life and practices as evidence in an investigation of recording memories. The film could be argued into both modes exclusively, but with sacrifice to the fact that is satisfies the requirement of both, being easily classified as a 'personal-essay'. It is a memoir, using actual footage of the events being contemplated, the meeting place of past and present.
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