31:T705, #### Process of the work: I started to take the photo and the video project basically at the same time after I met Kaarlo in Rovaniemi, Finland in October of 2021. I went to the old Alaoja house 10 times in the period of October 2021 to January 2022. Every time I went there, I learned the story of the place, and I get to know the Kaarlo better as well through extensive conversations, photo taking, and interviews. Through my photo-making process, I have been discussing a lot with Finnish/American photographer Michael Jacobs. He lends me his darkroom to do extensive work in the photo printing process. The large format photography is a very slow but meaningful process, which is perfect for this project's topic. I went to the Aloja house around 10 times, taking around 6 photos each time. In the end, 16 photos were selected and printed out in the darkroom. The photos seen below are scanned versions of the large-format film. Throughout my documentary making, I manage to find help from the scholar, Marja Tuominen, and also the Regional Museum of Lapland. I manage to get really precious resources to help me understand the history and tell the story. During the process of post-production. I have invited my friend Zoe Lee from Taiwan to work together as a team to edit the film. Unlike me studied creative media, she studied anthropology and sociology. She gives the film a deeper understanding of culture and the relations between people and history. We have more than 30 hours of footage. We have been trying to organize them, make transcripts, do the Finnish to English translation, finding the archive photos from the Regional Museum of Lapland. The rough cut has shown very nice potential and we hope we can keep developing it and make it a profound documentary.

32:T58e,#### Here is a short description of the Story of Kaarlo Alaoja: Most of the houses were burnt down in wartime in Rovaniemi. There are only a few houses that have survived until now. The old Alaoja house is one of them. Alaoja means "low ditch". Kaarlo's family was one of the earliest family who started to live in the area in 16th century. The house is around 200 years old. The house owner, Kaarlo Alaoja is renovating the house. He was raised in the house since he was very little. He is the oldest sibling in his family. Since he was little, he had to help his father to fix the house from time to time. That was where he learned how to work with the house. Kaarlo brought this house from his siblings and took the responsibility to renovate this house a few years ago after their parents passed away. After retirement, he goes to the house every day to renovate it. He prefers to work alone by himself. He fixed the water, electricity, and thermal system. He lifted the house to balance the tilted ground. He took off the old log to refurbish them. He is glad to have some help with newer technology, but at the same time, good tradition needs to stay. He want to keep the house alive and running, just as it had always been. The progress of renovation is slow but steady. One day, he'll finish it and move into the house again with his family. The tradition will go on and on carried by the young generation.33:T5c5,md` #### Photography:

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