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A Ladder

2025
Commisioned by
Canal 180 / Culturgest / Gnration

Writer / Director / Camera / Image / Editor
Scott Barley

Music
Hara Alonso

︎ 9  ︎1.33:1  ︎4K
︎ iPhone 7 / iPhone 15 Pro Max / SONY A7sII
︎ 2ch / 5.1  
︎ Final Cut Pro

Synopsis

Secret ladder.
Borne from firmament.
Stone, atonal waters.
Chorus of silent hands.
A vanishing act.
Night is burning.
Night is burning white.
Flesh, a white fire.
Avian. Given.
Secret ladder.
Mirror, become mirror.

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Work with other filmmakers & artists

Completed


  • Silent Friend
    Ildikó Enyedi, 2025
    production consultant

  • The Occupant of the Room
    Kier-La Janisse, 2025
    colourist & visual artist

  • Standing at the Ruins
    Saeed Taji Farouky, TBA)
    cinematographer & visual artist

  • To the Moon
    Tadhg O’Sullivan, 2020
    cinematographer, visual artist, musician

  • Wind 
    Emmit Fenn, 2019
    directior, cinematographer, editor

  • The Sadness of the Trees 
  • 2015
    collaboration with Mikel Guillen 


Unreleased

  • ‘The Speed of Dark’
    collaboration with Phil Solomon