"The diary film, like the home movie with which it is aligned, presumes an act of documentation, if only through the preservation of the fragments of everyday life that envelopes the self."

This quote seems to parallel the video's of Sadie Benning's films that were viewed in the early sessions of this class. Much like the idea of "easy" home movies, her Sony cam thing was often directed not at the filmmaker herself but at the things that surround her and her material belongings. If I may, the camera caught the fragments of her every day life as a means of preserving as well as exhibition.

- Renov suggests the idea that the is a difference between a home video, a video diary, and an autobiographic film, I would argue that while there may be a distinguishing point of exhibition perceived, the idea of self analysis is the same for all. Does not any film act as a self documentary/video diary considering the subject is based on personal beliefs or ideas?