BETWEEN EARS, Willem
2009
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The mp3 player gives people the opportunity to cut off from reality around them, and to create an individual "space" in theirs heads, which makes them feel more comfortable in their surrounding; they fill their shopping bags with their hands, while their head is being filled by dreamy soundscapes. The device gives people a sense of control over their own (emotional) lives.
With Between Ears, I intent to make a documentary about people who use an mp3 player to dream away for a while, to escape, to imagine things, to recall good memories, to feel tougher, more important or more pride for a moment, to feel more free, safe, less lonely or happier. Between Ears will be a cinematic trip around the world, that leads the viewer along to a surprising diversity of people who, each for their own personal reasons and in their own way, shut off from reality around them, and who, with the help of an mp3 player try to move into a place between their ears.
BETWEEN EARS, Willem, 15 minutes, 2009 is the first part of a long documentary.
Written and directed by: Susanne Engels
Director of photography: Wiro Felix
Sound: Alex Booij
Editing: Stanly Kolk
Sound design: Jeroen Goeijers
Post production: Postoffice
Executive producer: Estelle Bovelander
Producer: Joost Seelen
