Yongwei and I went for the Mise En SIN Exhibition at THE SUBSTATION on Monday evening. Both of us were given a commentary tour led by the Founder of SINdie, Jeremy Sing.
The titled Mise En Sin, is derived from the french cinematic term mise-en-scene. The term originates from theatres and generally means 'placing on stage' or 'put in the scene'. For film, it basically refers to almost everything that goes into the composition of the shot, including the composition itself: the lightings, camera shots, the movements of the camera and characters etc.
(Information based from: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~landon/Local_Information_Files/Mise-en-Scene.htm)
Mise En Sin is organised by SINdie and sponsored by Samuel Seow Law Corporation in conjunction with the 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards. This is the first ever extensive exhibition of Singapore posters in Singapore and puts spotlight on local films made in the past 5 years! Both Yongwei and I felt we were so proud to walk through this exhibit of significant hardwork and efforts put in by our local film producers & directors to contribute to Singapore's Film Arts and Culture!
100 local film posters, no more no less, from Singapore short and feature films are up on display for the public from 28th Febrauary 2011 to 6th March 2011.
All film entries and nominees will be screened at the Substation Theatre from 28th Feb 2011 to 6th Mar 2011 too. The full schedule is available here. Admission is by DONATION. No advance booking of tickets is necessary.
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Admission to Mise En Sin is FREE.
The 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards serves as a celebration of Singapore Short Films and welcomes submission of films released in 2010. There are NO MORE THAN 5 nominees for a total of 11 categories: Best director, Best Fiction, Best Documentarym Best Cinematography, Best Performance and Best Sound. In addition, SSFA also presents an Honorary Award yearly to a professional who has contributed significantly to the Singapore short film scene.
The Awards will be held on 6th March 2011 by invitation.
To add colour to the exhibition and screening, SINdie and The Substaion have commissioned Mr Neo Chin Teck, to paint a billboard for this week-long event. Mr Neo is Singapore's last-surviving movie billboard artist who paints all his billboards in his HDB living room in Telok Blangah Heights.
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These posters came from over 60 filmmakers who have been contributing their posters over the last 2 months.
Some of these posters should be familiar to all of us:
Poster 73: "THE MAID" by KELVIN TONG
Poster 95: "MONEY NO ENOUGH 2" by JACK NEO
Poster 13: "881" by ROYSTON TAN
Poster 53: "RULE NO#1" by KELVIN TONG
59 "KALLANG ROAR" by CHENG DING AN
Poster 92 "THE DAYS" by BOI KWONG
Others are really meaningful which are insightful and contains sentimental values beyond words.
Here is one Mr Neo Chin Teck's last billboard painting posters:
Poster 43 "MASALA MAMA" by MICHAEL KAM
This next poster consists of REAL gang society flags. The flags were borrowed from a man who has kept a collection of artifacts which belongs to many Singapore's gang societies in the past: from weapons to flags and more:
16 "THE GANG" by KELVIN SNG
My condolences to the families of this actor in this poster who has passed away. The picture was taken in Japan:
Poster 83 "MONKEY LOVE" by ROYSTON TAN
Seriously, people by the name of "Evan" seems to be really interested in Music, aren't they?
The poster below is made layer by layer- picture within pictures:
Poster 14 "INFINITY" by VICTRIC THNG
The uniqueness of this poster is that it is digitally combined using 25 different photgraphs of the forest. The original picture was only the 3 students wearing the PE Attire of National Junior College. This film, Red Dragonflies, is about growing up.
Poster 100 "RED DRAGONFLIES" by LIAO JIEKAI
The title Red Dragonflies is inspired by the song "Red Dragonfly" sang by one of the earliest boy-bands, Xiao Hu Dui, in year 1990. The content of the song is also about growing up.
To view the rest, you can always take a trip down to The Substation this weekend. The exhibit starts from the moment you step through the entrance of the building. Poster 01 and Poster 100 are hung on the left and right side of the main door. Spend about 30minutes or more to appreciate these wonderful posters up close.
Interesting isn't it?
I've made a virtual Mise En Sin tour with Yongwei to The Substation for you to tickle you a little:
Heading down to view the posters yourself gives you a totally different feel- evoke your other senses as well instead of just looking at 2D photographs from SINdie's flickr account.
Check out this really old school box office:
To add a pinch of flavour to the exhibition, SINdie has also added elements like this classic dial-phone which had once belonged to some nightclub:
Of course you get to touch them, but please do not SPOIL them.
You get to experience some special effects with some of the posters too like this one:
Notice anything special about this poster yet?
Yes, the fonts! You will have to use a mirror(which they will provide) to see the up-right poster.
How about this?
Does the background cliff of this poster looks familiar to you? Where do you think this place is found in Singapore?
Take a look at this poster about chinese cultural lion dance:
Oh yes, culture has no boundaries.
"Tak Dong Cheng" is the drum beat made by the drums bitten by members of the lion dance troupe. But take a closer look at the filmmaker's name and you'll realise that he is a Malay. A chinese cultural film produced by a Malay Filmmaker. This is poster 25 "TAK DONG CHENG" by SUFFIAN ZAINUDDIN.
And if you're fortunate enough like us, you'll get to meet some of the filmmakers too! We met Mr Wesley Leon Aroozoo, a local filmmaker from 13 little pictures. We invited the young and promising filmmaker to take a photo with us and his poster!
Mr Wesley shared with us that this film is about a travel agency and a father-and-son relationship. At first it doesn't make sense to me; How is a travel agency connected to a father-and-son relationship? Not anymore when you realize that the 'father' is the boss of the travel agency. Even his namecard has this picture printed on it! At first, he got a friend to help draw out this picutre. The tourists in his film were easily distinguished with them wearing a shirt that had this picture printed on it. It was then decided that since this picture was so significant it was chosen to be on his poster. :)
Perhaps the most fortunate of all is when you find yourself looking like someone from one of the posters, like Yongwei:
Poster 33: "QUE SERA SERA" by GHAZI ALQUDCY
This is my favourite poster of all:
Poster 55: "HUSH BABY" by TAN WEI KEONG
It brings back nostalgic memories as I recalled my own birthcert as well as whether I had used cloth diapers when I was younger. I DO recall wrapping cloth diapers for my younger brother when he wetted his though. More interestingly is the name of the 'baby'--'乖宝宝'. As its mandarin name suggest, the baby is either a mummy's boy or a daddy's girl. Is this baby the lead character in this film?! How did Tan Wei Keong eventually came up with this poster design?
This Hush Baby poster has aroused my curiosity of wanting to watch this local film so badly.
You can have a say too!
There's an online voting contest for this 100-poster exhibition. Lucky voters will stand a chance to win attractive DVD prizes sponsored by Objectifs.
All you have to do is:
#1 Log on to SINdie's Flickr Account.
#2 Click on your favourite Posters.
#3 Click on 'Favourite' to vote!
The Substation was founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun. It is Singapore’s first independent contemporary arts centre.
The place includes a black box theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, Random Room and two multi-function classrooms. AS long you're about Singapore Arts and Culture, be it a traditionally trained dancer or from a local rock band, a visual artist or a young poet, from publications to international short film festivals; experimental theatre to seminal conferences on Singapore arts and culture, they present and co-present them. Not only are they working with working closely with some of Singapore’s most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals, they would like to hear from younger and emerging artists like you too!
This is how The Substation looks like from the road:
What
Mise En Sin : 100 local film posters Exhibition
SINdie is a blog on Singapore independent films with a keen eye on the people and efforts behind the films. It contains news, interviews, film reviews, special features on filmmakers and photo splashes. It is a first-stop and online resource for anything on Singapore independent films and filmmakers. SINdie's blog picture is 'Karen Neo', a cross-dressed Jack Neo from "Homecoming", a very recent chinese new year movie which I have been blogging about. Here is SINdie on facebook, like it!
To add colour to the exhibition and screening, SINdie and The Substaion have commissioned Mr Neo Chin Teck, to paint a billboard for this week-long event. Mr Neo is Singapore's last-surviving movie billboard artist who paints all his billboards in his HDB living room in Telok Blangah Heights.
.(Mr Neo Tuck Chin)
Click here to check out the preparations made by SINdie for Mise En Sin. There is this blog post where you'll be able to catch some snapshots(it's going to be so precious soon) of Mr Neo at work the Awards billboard.
(Mr Neo painting for 2011 Singapore Short Film Festival)
(Picture taken from SINdie's blogspot)
(Picture taken from SINdie's blogspot)
This precious poster painted by Mr Neo is hung high up in front of The Substation building right this very moment.
These posters came from over 60 filmmakers who have been contributing their posters over the last 2 months.
Some of these posters should be familiar to all of us:
Poster 73: "THE MAID" by KELVIN TONG
Poster 95: "MONEY NO ENOUGH 2" by JACK NEO
Poster 13: "881" by ROYSTON TAN
Poster 53: "RULE NO#1" by KELVIN TONG
59 "KALLANG ROAR" by CHENG DING AN
Poster 92 "THE DAYS" by BOI KWONG
Others are really meaningful which are insightful and contains sentimental values beyond words.
Here is one Mr Neo Chin Teck's last billboard painting posters:
Poster 43 "MASALA MAMA" by MICHAEL KAM
This next poster consists of REAL gang society flags. The flags were borrowed from a man who has kept a collection of artifacts which belongs to many Singapore's gang societies in the past: from weapons to flags and more:
16 "THE GANG" by KELVIN SNG
My condolences to the families of this actor in this poster who has passed away. The picture was taken in Japan:
Poster 83 "MONKEY LOVE" by ROYSTON TAN
Seriously, people by the name of "Evan" seems to be really interested in Music, aren't they?
The poster below is made layer by layer- picture within pictures:
Poster 14 "INFINITY" by VICTRIC THNG
The uniqueness of this poster is that it is digitally combined using 25 different photgraphs of the forest. The original picture was only the 3 students wearing the PE Attire of National Junior College. This film, Red Dragonflies, is about growing up.
Poster 100 "RED DRAGONFLIES" by LIAO JIEKAI
The title Red Dragonflies is inspired by the song "Red Dragonfly" sang by one of the earliest boy-bands, Xiao Hu Dui, in year 1990. The content of the song is also about growing up.
To view the rest, you can always take a trip down to The Substation this weekend. The exhibit starts from the moment you step through the entrance of the building. Poster 01 and Poster 100 are hung on the left and right side of the main door. Spend about 30minutes or more to appreciate these wonderful posters up close.
Interesting isn't it?
I've made a virtual Mise En Sin tour with Yongwei to The Substation for you to tickle you a little:
Heading down to view the posters yourself gives you a totally different feel- evoke your other senses as well instead of just looking at 2D photographs from SINdie's flickr account.
Check out this really old school box office:
To add a pinch of flavour to the exhibition, SINdie has also added elements like this classic dial-phone which had once belonged to some nightclub:
Of course you get to touch them, but please do not SPOIL them.
You get to experience some special effects with some of the posters too like this one:
Notice anything special about this poster yet?
Yes, the fonts! You will have to use a mirror(which they will provide) to see the up-right poster.
How about this?
Does the background cliff of this poster looks familiar to you? Where do you think this place is found in Singapore?
Take a look at this poster about chinese cultural lion dance:
Oh yes, culture has no boundaries.
"Tak Dong Cheng" is the drum beat made by the drums bitten by members of the lion dance troupe. But take a closer look at the filmmaker's name and you'll realise that he is a Malay. A chinese cultural film produced by a Malay Filmmaker. This is poster 25 "TAK DONG CHENG" by SUFFIAN ZAINUDDIN.
And if you're fortunate enough like us, you'll get to meet some of the filmmakers too! We met Mr Wesley Leon Aroozoo, a local filmmaker from 13 little pictures. We invited the young and promising filmmaker to take a photo with us and his poster!
Mr Wesley shared with us that this film is about a travel agency and a father-and-son relationship. At first it doesn't make sense to me; How is a travel agency connected to a father-and-son relationship? Not anymore when you realize that the 'father' is the boss of the travel agency. Even his namecard has this picture printed on it! At first, he got a friend to help draw out this picutre. The tourists in his film were easily distinguished with them wearing a shirt that had this picture printed on it. It was then decided that since this picture was so significant it was chosen to be on his poster. :)
Perhaps the most fortunate of all is when you find yourself looking like someone from one of the posters, like Yongwei:
Poster 33: "QUE SERA SERA" by GHAZI ALQUDCY
This is my favourite poster of all:
Poster 55: "HUSH BABY" by TAN WEI KEONG
It brings back nostalgic memories as I recalled my own birthcert as well as whether I had used cloth diapers when I was younger. I DO recall wrapping cloth diapers for my younger brother when he wetted his though. More interestingly is the name of the 'baby'--'乖宝宝'. As its mandarin name suggest, the baby is either a mummy's boy or a daddy's girl. Is this baby the lead character in this film?! How did Tan Wei Keong eventually came up with this poster design?
This Hush Baby poster has aroused my curiosity of wanting to watch this local film so badly.
You can have a say too!
There's an online voting contest for this 100-poster exhibition. Lucky voters will stand a chance to win attractive DVD prizes sponsored by Objectifs.
All you have to do is:
#1 Log on to SINdie's Flickr Account.
#2 Click on your favourite Posters.
#3 Click on 'Favourite' to vote!
If you really love some of these posters, you can also take home your favourite posters at a contribution that goes back to the filmmakers. Thank you for your support!
The Substation was founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun. It is Singapore’s first independent contemporary arts centre.
The place includes a black box theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, Random Room and two multi-function classrooms. AS long you're about Singapore Arts and Culture, be it a traditionally trained dancer or from a local rock band, a visual artist or a young poet, from publications to international short film festivals; experimental theatre to seminal conferences on Singapore arts and culture, they present and co-present them. Not only are they working with working closely with some of Singapore’s most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals, they would like to hear from younger and emerging artists like you too!
This is how The Substation looks like from the road:
What
Mise En Sin : 100 local film posters Exhibition
Admission is Free.
Time
4pm - 10.30 pm (weekdays)
12pm - 10.30 pm (weekends)
what else
Screenings of Nominated films for 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards.
4pm - 10.30 pm (weekdays)
12pm - 10.30 pm (weekends)
what else
Screenings of Nominated films for 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards.
Admission via Donations
Time
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