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]}

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[]

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External links[]

• Scott Barley at IMDb
• Scott Barley Film - Official Site