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Ben Scott-Brandt’s work has been featured in films, television, improv dance shows, theater productions, and homemade music videos.
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A new film by Ryan Balas
Three women living together during a war time crisis, defy standard gender roles to try and form a nuclear family, with mixed results.
Ingrid has been living alone in the woods, while her husband is away fighting the war. After receiving disheartening letters, Ingrid's tom boy sister-in-law Irene, comes to stay with her. Tensions rise, when Mary, the naive neighbor woman, loses her husband and moves in. Ingrid's already shattered world becomes even more distorted.
Directed and Edited by Ryan Balas
Starring Deirdre Herlihy, Melissa Navia, Mirjam Egeris Karstoft, Mark Ryan and Ben Scott-Brandt
Director of Photography Richard Buonagurio
Written by Mark Ryan and Ryan Balas
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(Note: might not watch at work if you have nosey office mates)
For more information on the Vallidiane release:
http://benscottbrandt.com/
From the full-length album, Waterbugs, by Ribbons of Song.
Director of Photography: John Hanson
Editing: John Hanson
Director of Animation: Ben Scott-Brandt
Animated titles: Ben Scott-Brandt and Jesy Brenner
Actors: Laural Merlington, Kraig Spayde, Jesy Brenner, Ben Scott-Brandt
Crew: Pearl Beerhorst, Alexandria Jester, Jonathan Brandt
Thanks to Jesy and her family for the use of the location.
This song is dedicated to the spirit and friendship of Tim Lowly.
Lyrics:
Come on back.
Come on back to where we are.
There ain't no place else to go.
So come on home.
Open your eyes.
Look into mine.
There ain't no place left to hide.
Not this time.
Cover me in blood.
Cover me in kisses and hugs.
Cover me in the smoke and the soot of love.
Something real, real enough.
Look around.
The trees all touch the ground.
And the flowers touch the sky.
Shadows and light.
You touch my hands.
My feet are on the ground.
Everything reaches high
To be touched inside.
-A docu-series featuring artists and creatives whose work explores the ideas of broken beauty.
Ep. 01
Ribbons of Song
Featuring Ben Scott-Brandt
Photographed and Edited by Ryan Balas
Produced by Eric Stine
Little Storms, volume 1
"Mess Me Up"
Now available at www.rottobella.com
From the unreleased, full-length album, Little Storm.
Produced by Silent K Studio, with cinematography by John Hanson.
Performed by Ribbons of Song. Audio engineered/mixed by Matt Ten Clay.
Written by Ben Scott-Brandt. Made in 2012 in Michigan. Dedicated to CJH.
silentkstudio.com
ribbonsofsong.com
Two hands on the wheel like you've got two hands on a plow
Push the blade in, turn the rotten soil around
A marriage in the dust, and you've got a girlfriend on the prowl
You've got two feet in the gutter if you look down
The lights are on in my house, and they're on all over town
But it's too late for this goddamn runaround
Runaround (runaround)
Runaround (runaround)
Runaround (runaround)
We know it's wrong, but we turn the lights off
We turn the lights off
And just keep on running around
Run, run, running around
I put your wallet and your car keys on the sill beside my bed
I close the curtains on the voices in my head
A perfect little sunset on your perfect freckled skin
It seems okay to keep letting strangers in
We know it's wrong, but we turn the lights off
We turn the lights off
And just keep on running around
Earrings by the sink, and you've got your tank-top on the floor
I get a feeling we were meant for something more
Starring McKenna Scroggs. Directed by Joseph Kolean. Photographed and Edited by Zachary Gutierrez & Joseph Kolean. "Desire Lines" is the first single from Ri...
Produced by Hybrid Media Company.
Performed by Ribbons of Song.
Actors: Branden Garrett/Ribbons of Song.
Audio engineered/mixed by Dustin James Anderson.
Boulder sculptures/songwriting by Ben Scott-Brandt.
Made in 2011 in Michigan. Dedicated to PJB.
hybridmedia.co
ribbonsofsong.com
Peter, get back your sense of purpose
All the world is condemning us to be friends!
To make new the flimsy useless
To hold in hand our hats and confess
Your white hand - it holds the ladder
Your soft grin - I climb inside there
Ribbons of Song "Robinson Road" from the album Waterbugs, now available:
http://ribbonsofsong.bandcamp.com
Band Members:
Ben Scott-Brandt
Jonathan Brandt
Jesy Brenner
Shot and edited by Ryan Balas
Sound recorded by Eric Stine
Final sound mix by Sean Balas
www.rottobella.com
It is with great sensitivity and tenderness that I write you this song to sing afield.And I will offer the sweetest of my tunes to bandage you, the blood and...
-A docu-series featuring artists and creatives whose work explores the ideas of broken beauty.
Ep. 01
Ribbons of Song
Featuring Ben Scott-Brandt
Photographed and Edited by Ryan Balas
Produced by Eric Stine
Little Storms, volume 1
"Mess Me Up"
Now available at www.rottobella.com
A new film by Ryan Balas
Three women living together during a war time crisis, defy standard gender roles to try and form a nuclear family, with mixed results.
Ingrid has been living alone in the woods, while her husband is away fighting the war. After receiving disheartening letters, Ingrid's tom boy sister-in-law Irene, comes to stay with her. Tensions rise, when Mary, the naive neighbor woman, loses her husband and moves in. Ingrid's already shattered world becomes even more distorted.
Directed and Edited by Ryan Balas
Starring Deirdre Herlihy, Melissa Navia, Mirjam Egeris Karstoft, Mark Ryan and Ben Scott-Brandt
Director of Photography Richard Buonagurio
Written by Mark Ryan and Ryan Balas
www.robelfilms.com
www.therapidian.org/songs
www.wyce.org
www.grtv.org
Songs From the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments. A service of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center.
The final song on Ben Scott-Brandt's 2015 album, "Vallidiane." An ode to suicide, grief, recovery, and solitude.www.benscottbrandt.com---There's a place that...
Well, there ain't nothing in this whole wide world like your loving kiss.