After filming, editing, and lots and lots of eating, here is my final film, entitled ‘disregard’.

I used iMovie to execute the editing and focused on keeping it simple, to let the meaning of my film filter through clearly (leaving a certain type of ‘clear’ ambiguity, I suppose).

My 50 word narrative is below, just like it was before:

‘disregard’ follows the behaviour of humans while they eat and relate it to the concept of desiring experiences. What do people think of when they eat? Do they get irritated when they’re bothered? Perhaps they insist on solely living in the moment, disregarding and blocking out any intrusions. Yet, they do not realise what happens to the food they enjoyed in the moment – forgetting what time brings to the indulgence. Food washes away, and so does experience.

Ironically, every time I wanted to stage a film time with the people in the film, they got irritated, saying things like “why do I have to do this now while I eat” as well as “now I feel self conscious.” I think that the process of making people star in my film while they eat and seeing their reactions for myself gives the entire process a much deeper understanding between me and my own work.

4D was a very rewarding course in terms of teaching me about personal storytelling. I was given the opportunity to explore different ideas and the process of developing a story myself, from thinking to executing and to documenting the journey.