The choices I made for my short film revolved around what I believe is home. As mentioned previously, a house is a structure but a home is the people that embody it. After seeing so many documentaries, it became apparent that everyone has a different version of what a home is. At times, people’s home were ripped away from them, but when it came down to it, it was the people that once inhabited that home that were still together and creating memories. This project also revealed that location is associated with home, but not necessarily its physical boundaries. For my project, home was my family, and location was not about the four walls inside my home. Rather, it is the time spent and traditions and culture we create that make it our home. While I completely understand that this is my point of view and that others may not agree with what constitutes home, I believe now more than ever that location is both a physical and mental state and to really hone on in what makes home, one must actively be a participant within a larger framework called family. Again, family is an ambiguous word and not all have the same type of family; however, to me I chose the people who make it my home to represent how I feel about location.
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