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Hayden Thorpe 'Aerial Songs' by Fiona Jane Burgess

Promonews - 24th Oct 2020

Following on from the release of his recent Aerial Songs EP, Hayden Thorpe has shared a special live performance film,  directed by Fiona Burgess.

The 12-minute film, Hayden Thorpe Presents Aerial Songs, follows Hayden moving through a stripped-back space to perform songs from the EP, with each song performed in a new setting. Mirroring the sentiment of the EP - evoking feelings of wild, natural space - the film is intrinsically connected to the landscape and remote nature of Hayden’s native Lake District.

HAYDEN THORPE:

"Fiona and I looked to create a brief portal into our shared place of origin, The Lake District. For me, music and nature are indistinguishable from one another, they are different expressions of the same thing. By harnessing Fiona’s vision we were able to distill the songs and the realm to which they belong.

"So much of the making of this film was unspoken. We don’t hold our home within ourselves as some remembered knowledge, but rather as a present and felt sensation."

I wanted to create the sense of a journey in the film.

FIONA JANE BURGESS:

"When Hayden first sent me these songs and explained how the EP was inspired by the Lake District it felt like the biggest gift. The songs themselves conjured up feelings of nostalgia and reverence for a landscape we both call home.

"I wanted to create the sense of a journey in the film; walking as a form of healing, a remedy, an act of kindness even. I love the idea that everything circles back to nature, and with this short film I hope you are transported momentarily to a place where you can appreciate the cyclical nature of a song's lifespan and the fact we are indebted to the earth and the soil we walk on.

"I also hope time slows down as you watch this film, I hope you can breathe fully and momentarily disconnect from your inbox. In Hayden's words 're-wild your heart'."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Fiona Jane Burgess
Producer
Romy Waller
Production Company
Executive Producer
Aaron Z. Willson

Camera

Director of Photography
Franklin Dow
Focus Puller
Juan Minotta
Camera Assistant
Holly Smyth

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Idris Rhys

Art

Art Director
Ash Halliburton

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Phoebe Llewellyn

Editorial

Editor
Rich Woolway
Editing company

Grading

Colourist
Richard Fearon
Colour grade company

Other credits

Spark

Murray Zev Cohen

Assistant Art Director

Mika Lapid

2nd Unit DOP

Candice Lo

2nd Unit Production Assistant

Simon Burgess

Stills

Milly Cope

Production Assistant

Honor Martin

Runner

Emily Macrander

Covid Sup

Tara Sadeghi

Location Researcher

Izzy

Edit Producer

Alice Clarke

Music Mix

Tucan Taylor Michaels

Colour Producer

Jade Denne

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