The Formation of a Cloud

Depicted through a mix of stop-motion animation and super-8 film, The Formation of a Cloud revisits a distant, seemingly innocent childhood memory of a ford crossing located in the western suburbs of Melbourne. A meditative journey of revisitation and discovery, this short film essay maps the past through four handmade dioramas that chronicle different explorations of the suburban waterway: from the director’s own reimagined memory and a dreamscape of native fauna, to the Indigenous significance of the site and the closing vignette, in which the narrator – visiting the ford for the first time in 10 years – speaks of how tracing back can lead to memory’s own turning point.

Cast

Vicky Lam

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Jenn Tran

Director, Writer, Editor, Animation

Mara Schwerdtfeger

Sound Designer

The Formation of a Cloud

Cast

Crew

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