Henry RountreeShort Film · Original Score
Beauty Of The Abandoned
🏆 Best Picture and Best Cinematography, plus 4 more awards at the Eagle Productions ShowcaseA psychological crime thriller I shot, edited, and scored.
- Role
- Cinematographer, Editor & Composer
- Director
- Dominic Barrow
- Writer
- Beau McKinney
- Year
- Spring 2024
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The Film
Overview
When a college student goes missing, the police have one lead: the word of her ex, Mathew. Beauty Of The Abandoned follows the investigation through his account, and it never lets you settle on whether he's telling the truth.
Dominic Barrow directed from a script by Beau McKinney. Over five months I shot the film, cut it, and wrote the original score, so the look, the pacing, and the music all came from one place. We leaned on hard practical color, low-key interrogation lighting, and an abandoned building that ends up feeling like a character of its own.
The film premiered in spring 2024 through Eagle Productions, Georgia Southern's student film organization, and won six awards: Best Picture, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Cinematography.
Hard practical color, low-key interrogation lighting, and the abandoned building as a character.
Five months on set: multi-camera setups, colored practicals, and long nights in the edit.
