Scott Barley

Scott Barley (born 11 November 1992, Wales, UK) is a British filmmaker and artist.[1][2][3] His work has been associated with the Remodernist and Slow cinema movements, and are primarily concerned with the anthropocene, nature, darkness, cosmology, phenomenology, and mysticism.[4][5][6] His filmmaking methods have been compared to David Lynch, Stan Brakhage, Philippe Grandrieux, Béla Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Maya Deren and Jean Epstein.[7][8][9][10]

Scott Barley
Born (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
NationalityBritish
Alma materKingston University, University of South Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Known forCinema
Notable work
Sleep Has Her House
MovementRemodernist film, Slow cinema, Experimental Film
Websitehttp://www.scottbarleyfilm.com

Since early 2015, Barley has almost exclusively shot his films on an iPhone. He is most well known for the 2017 experimental film, Sleep Has Her House.

Style and themes

Barley's approach to filmmaking is similar to that of "personal" and poetic avant-garde filmmakers, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Nathaniel Dorsky and Peter Hutton, but the post-production process is unique to both mainstream and avant-garde filmmaking praxes.[11]

"I always begin a film almost like one would keep a diary. I have no idea, or agenda to make a film. I simply document. I shoot what attracts me, random things, animals, variances in light, the water, the stars; simply what draws me in on different days, different nights, in different places. Once I have built up a body of footage, I start to see connections. These pieces of footage could be taken months or even years apart – and miles apart too. [I] then invisibly stitch [the different shots] together into one larger shot or sequence. But these connections between different pieces of footage all happen organically. I never force these connections. I never force a film when it doesn’t come. The films find me – not the other way round [...] All my films have been made this way. Some happen quicker than others. Once these connections are established, a narrative - through images - begins to germinate."

Barley's films are low-budget or no budget, and have been shot on iPhone since 2015.

Filmography
TitleRunning time Released (Year)
Womb 17 min 2017
Passing2 min 2017
The Green Ray12 min 2017
Sleep Has Her House90 min 2017
Hinterlands7 min 2016
Closer7 min 2016
Blue Permanence / Swan Blood6 min 2015
Hunter14 min 2015
The Sadness of the Trees12 min 2015
Shadows20 min 2015
Evenfall6 min 2015
Death is a Photograph - unreleased
Hours3 min 2015
Ille Lacrimas20 min 2014
Polytechnique12 min 2014
Nightwalk6 min 2013
Irresolute2 min 2013
Retirement3 min 2013
GLASS / TRUTH 4 min 2013
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold4 min 2012
Untitled (installation with video)3 min 2012

    References
    1. "IMDb - Scott Barley filmmaker page". IMDb. The International Movie Database. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    2. "MUBI Notebook/The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Scott Barley's "Sleep Has Her House"". MUBI. James Slaymaker. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
    3. "Scott Barley Film". scottbarleyfilm.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
    4. "Le Cinéma Remoderniste Histoire et Théorie d'une Esthétique Contemporaine". Google Docs. Florian Maricourt, Nicole Brenez. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    5. "Scott Barley / Creating in the Digital Era". 25fps. Milan Kroulík. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
    6. "Sleep Has Her House". Lo Specchio Scuro. Lorenzo Baldassari. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
    7. "Cliacom". Climacom Film Journal. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    8. "Lo Specchio Scuro/Scott Barley". Lo Specchio Scuro Film Journal. Lorenzo Baldassari. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    9. "Onscreen/Offscreen: The "terrible sublime" of Sleep Has Her House". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
    10. "Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival". www.sheffdocfest.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
    11. Chang, Dustin (2017-06-15). "Interview: Scott Barley on Sleep Has Her House". www.dustinchang.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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