Mise en Scene

What exactly is mise en scene? Is it singular pieces of a whole? Or is it the whole collective piece? Or is it both? These are a couple of the questions pertaining to the Film Theory term Mise En Scene I find to be very interesting. This film term is something quite extraordinary because it can easily transcend into philosophies about life and yet so much has been written about the world of the cinema imitating life as well as life imitating the cinema. This is a short film I made attempting to explore, perhaps with a bit of humor, the term Mise En Scene. For this film, everything was hand made and hand processed, so that the maker is in complete charge allowing myself to become the whole mise en scene. And yet what it becomes, that which the maker has made, is it something as very simple as his work, or does the film unfurl into a life all unto itself, thus seeking it's own mise en scene and what is this really made up of? Did the maker simply make a reflection of himself in the form of film? What really does make up a film? What really does make up a life?

Mise En Scene from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

Feeling a bit of an existential crisis

Made in a single sitting, out of a fit of needing to do something, but not sure how or what or where to begin.

Diatribe from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

The land of the fairies

in the land of the fairies from Sailors on Belmont on Vimeo.

Bad dreams

Film by Ian Soroka. This film has some very nice in-camera animation and what I'm assuming to be some projection work over the bed.

Night Terrors and Waking Dreams from mutuallymade on Vimeo.

Contemplating

Hmmmmmm......

Contemplation from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

A golden Time

A break in the tour at the end of the trip. My it was a mighty good time.

Tremelo Cabin from Sailors on Belmont on Vimeo.

DON"T TOUCH!

Matte with found footage and some hand painted film, drums by jeffrey von ragan.

Touchez-Pas! from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

Why?!

please just leave the little guy alone.

Why are They always Staring at Me? from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.