A Ladder
2025
Writer / Director / Camera / Image / EditorScott Barley
MusicHara 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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Stills
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Commisioned by
Canal 180 / Culturgest / Gnration
Writer / Director / Camera / Image / Editor
︎ 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.
Where to Watch ︎
︎ Vimeo
Stills
Contact ︎
Available for commissions, lectures, masterclasses,
private tutoring and consultation services worldwide.
© Scott Barley 2024. Sole copyright holder of all work featured herein (2010—present). All rights reserved.
Available for commissions, lectures, masterclasses,
private tutoring and consultation services worldwide.
© Scott Barley 2024. Sole copyright holder of all work featured herein (2010—present). All rights reserved.
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2020
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2019
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The Sadness of the Trees
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Evenfall
Hours
2014
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Ille Lacrimas
2013
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Irresolute
Retirement
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2012
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
Untitled
Unreleased
2017
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Midnight
Starless / Mouths in the Grass / Lustre to Void
Fugue
Painting (I)
2015
Death is a Photograph
Too Young to Die
The Emerald Fire
Within Without Horizon
The Flesh
The Sea Behind Her Head
Released
2025
A Ladder
2023
Sleep Has Her House (Remaster)
2020
Half Moon
2019
Wind
2017
Womb
Passing
The Green Ray
Sleep Has Her House
2016
Hinterlands
Closer
2015
Blue Permanence/Swan Blood
Hunter
The Sadness of the Trees
Shadows
Evenfall
Hours
2014
Polytechnique
Ille Lacrimas
2013
Nightwalk
Irresolute
Retirement
GLASS | TRUTH
2012
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
Untitled
Unreleased
2017
Eviscerations
Midnight
Starless / Mouths in the Grass / Lustre to Void
Fugue
Painting (I)
2015
Death is a Photograph
Too Young to Die
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