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My film,"Fox Confessor Brings the Flood," was originally an attempt to capture multiple nuances of movement in nature. I wanted the film to flow in a continuous motion with the objects in it moving at their own pace. I realized that in certain points of the film, some of the images worked powerfully completely still and silent, which ultimately created a strong contrast with the ever crawling, floating, buzzing, and blowing world. The footage of the fox and the repetition of wind and water became a common theme throughout the film without a conscious decision on my part. I collected the footage by simply observing my environment, and the theme slowly invented itself in my work. The title is from an album by one of my favorite artists, Neko Case, which was another idea that revealed itself towards the end of project. The title entirely tied in the underlying story of the film, even though this is not your typical story with a beginning or an ending. It does, however, have familiar characters--the fox, turkeys, a squirrel, crows, dragonflies--yet I made sure to showcase them in a different light through visual manipulations. I wanted the sound in the video to be mostly natural, but also embody an element of oddity. The overall process creating this film was a very natural motion for me, which is precisely the essence of this film.