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School: CalState Northridge
Film Title: In Memory
Producer: Liad Stein, Philipp Eierund, Daniel Chesler, Enrique Demont
Director: Philipp Eierund

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Date of Completion: 05/13/2004
Length: 8:26 minutes
Language: Colors...
Starring: Mike Sode, Lena Bouton
Credits : Directed by: Philipp Eierund, Director of Photography: Daniel Chesler, Script Supervisor: Enrique Demont, Camera Assistant: George Siffuentes
Website: http://www.emotionp.com

Genre: Drama

Synopsis : After Raymond's wife got killed in a car accident his agoraphobic tendencies have increased to the point that he can not leave his hotel room anymore.
When he is about to make his final decision he grabs on a last leaf of hope and tries to pull himself back into life.

Notes: In Memory was shot on 16mm black and white, and color Kodak Film Stock. In the beginning of the movie black and white represents the depressed present, whereas color represents the happy past.

As the movie moves along the colors seem to switch to color for the present, and black and white for the past. But did they really switch? - Interpretation welcome!

To signify the importance of Raymond's agoraphobic tendencies and his loneliness this movie was shot without any use of dialogue. The colors, and the lack thereof, were our language in this movie.