As a job for DDC Productions at Wesleyan, I shot, directed, and edited a seven-minute short documentary capturing 2024 Wesleyan Center for the Arts artist in residence Sunny Jain’s experience developing a theatrical musical experience on campus. The job is handily one of the longest-running films I’ve shot, as we captured material from January to October 2024, and I finished the editing process in early 2025. There was so much to learn from the performance he gave and the things he talked about, including Indian-Pakistani politics, the death of his father, philosophy, musical influences, and more. Editing the performance footage and his interviews gave further insight, as working with the material became a process of determining what to leave in and leave out, creating meaning for an audience that could be equivalent to what I had learned in months working on this project.