Add one part interpretation, 2 parts intent, stir and let simmer. Caution, results may vary: one woman discovers that a recipe is not necessarily the sum of its ingredients.
THEME: Communication
SYNOPSIS: One woman discovers that a recipe is not always the sum of its ingredients.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: The theme of Recipe is communication. The project explores the nature of language and the possibility for miscommunication between the speaker and the listener. Recipe tells the story of a woman following a recipe and uses cooking as a metaphor for speech. The film uses symbols as elements of language. Each symbol, or ingredient, is paired with a sound that gets mixed into a bowl. When the woman ingests the mixture, she distorts the sound and creates a cacophony unreflective of her original intention. Recipe highlights the gap between intention and understanding, and leaves the viewer to construct his/her own meaning from the mixture of sounds and symbols.
