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The Sadness of the Trees

(2015)

Synopsis
Two separate, yet poetically connected films that act as a threnody on nature; with the trees as silent observers to Man's insidious desolation.  

Part I  
A film by Mikel Guillen for Hiroshi Sugimoto

Part 2
A film by Scott Barley for Vija Celmins  

Sound design for parts I & II, and original composition: The Night's Kiss  by Scott Barley




Technical Information
12 minutes
16:9 aspect ratio
2K resolution
5.1 surround sound

Shot on DV & iPhone 6 Plus, with multiple re-photographs
Edited with Final Cut Pro X
Stream
Vimeo 





Within Without Horizon, Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased The Flesh, Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased The Sea Behind Her Head, Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased To the Moon (2020), Scott Barley, Tadhg O'Sullivan Wind (2019), Directed by Scott Barley Eviscerations (2017), Directed by Scott Barley Womb (2017), Directed by Scott Barley Midnight (2017), Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased Passing (2013–2017), Directed by Scott Barley Mouths in the Grass (2016–2017), Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased The Green Ray (2017), Directed by Scott Barley Sleep Has Her House (2017), Directed by Scott Barley Fugue (2017), Scott Barley – unreleased Painting (I) (2016), Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased Hinterlands (2016), Directed by Scott Barley Closer (2016), Directed by Scott Barley Blue Permanence/Swan Blood (2015), Directed by Scott Barley Hunter (2015), Directed by Scott Barley Too Young to Die (2014–2015), Scott Barley – unreleased The Sadness of the Trees (2015), Directed by Scott Barley, Mikel Guillen Death is a Photograph (2013–2015), Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased Shadows (2015), Directed by Scott Barley Evenfall (2015), Directed by Scott Barley Hours (2015), Directed by Scott Barley Polytechnique (2014), Directed by Scott Barley, Easychord Ille Lacrimas (2014), Directed by Scott Barley Nightwalk (2013), Directed by Scott Barley Irresolute (2013), Directed by Scott Barley Retirement (2013), Directed by Scott Barley Glass Truth (2012–2013), Directed by Scott Barley The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (2012), Directed by Scott Barley Untitled (2011-2012) installation, Directed by Scott Barley


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