The Sadness of the Trees

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}

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^{_{In Production}}
Within Without Horizon
The Flesh
The Sea Behind Her Head

₂₀₂₀
To the Moon

₂₀₁₉
Wind

2017
Eviscerations
Womb
Midnight
Passing
Starless / Mouths in the Grass / Lustre to Void The Green Ray
Sleep Has Her House
Fugue
Painting (I)

2016
Hinterlands
Closer

²⁰¹⁵
Blue Permanence/Swan Blood
Hunter
To Young to Die
The Sadness of the Trees
Death is a Photograph
Shadows
Evenfall
Hours

²⁰¹⁴
Polytechnique
Ille Lacrimas

²⁰¹³
Nightwalk
Irresolute
Retirement
GLASS | TRUTH

²⁰¹² The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
Untitled

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

Eviscerations (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

Painting (I) (2016), Directed by Scott Barley – unreleased

Hinterlands (2016), Directed by Scott Barley

Blue Permanence/Swan Blood (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

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