Filmmaker Statement

Mayonnaise is a short film that considers meaning, fairness, and success against a reality where absurdity and vacuity rule. I wrote and directed this film to reflect on my own experiences working as a freelance film production assistant on commercial sets. In this film (as well as past films of mine), I portray my memories as reality, rather than attempting to portray reality as reality. That is, my experiences are not portrayed as they actually occurred, but rather through the distorted and exaggerated lens of memory. The film’s action is a product of piecing together a story through remembering the past; it therefore merely resembles reality, rather than re-recreates it. It feels less like that of waking life, and is instead subjected to the distortion of daydreams, intrusive thoughts, and the inaccuracy inherent to retelling an experience.