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Jesy Nelson 'Bad Thing' by Charlie Sarsfield

Rob Ulitski - 17th Apr 2023

Jesy Nelson and Charlie Sarsfield take a bold step into serious territory, and pull off a remarkable feat in a dramatic story of love, betrayal and domestic abuse in 1960s London for Bad Thing. 

Made in collaboration with Women's Aid UK and based on real events, Jesy plays a girl in London's East End, who falls for a sharply-dressed young man - played by Sid Ellisdon. Love blossoms, and marriage follows. Then Jesy finds herself becoming the perfect 60s housewife - while her young husband is still out on the town...

If the milieu in which the video is set, recollecting cinematic recreations of the world of The Krays, offers a suggestion of what eventually happens to Jesy, the climax is genuinely powerful - and painfully realistic. People have put real thought into this video and it shows. It deserves to get attention and really positive response.

A huge round of applause to Jesy Nelson - who is great in this - and to Charlie Sarsfield. It's up there with the very best things he's done.

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Rob Ulitski - 17th Apr 2023

Tags

  • Drama
  • Narrative
  • Pick of the Day
  • Pop
  • Performance
  • 1960s
  • Women's Aid
  • Charity
  • Relationship
  • Domestic Abuse

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Charlie Sarsfield
Producer
Shabana Mansouri
Production Company
Executive Producer
Mike Heath
Production Manager
Tilly Gerrard
1st AD
Jack Green
1st AD
Jack Green
Location Manager
Martin Walker
2nd AD
Alix Williams
Runners
Bertie Newman, Jessica Matthews, Camden Roque

Camera

Director of Photography
Courtney Bennett
Focus Puller
Dan Deighton
2nd AC
Nicolas Di Matteo
Steadicam
Beau Pritchard-jones
Camera Trainee
Ruby Seresin
DIT
Nick Allsop,

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Krunal Saadrani
Key Grip
Pete Muncey
Sparks
Shaun Clarke, John Joe Besagni, Kieran Nash, Dale Healy

Art

Art Director
Elizabeth El Khadi
Art Assistants
Jackson Pritchard, Hazel Owen, Walid Azam, Kurt Lucas, Bracken Bollaan, Dan Margersion

Wardrobe

Stylist
Natalie Wilkins
Hair
Nuriye Sonmez
Make-up
Anna Wild
Seamstress
Su Haines
Stylist Assist
Bibi Forrer
Hair Assistants
Rose Redrup, Casey Clarke
Make Up Assistants
Sergio Alvarez Gonzalez, Katja Duh
Make Up Trainee
Gary Parr
Artist Hair Stylist
Chris
Artist Makeup
Heidi

Choreography

Movement Director
Dre Spisto

Casting

Lead actor
Sid Ellisdon
Mistress
Grace Upshall
Mobsters
Neal Ward, Dennis Chua, Sam

Editorial

Editor
Tom Herring

Grading

Colourist
Alex Gregory
Colour grade company
No.8

Commission

Commissioner
Marisa Garner

Rob Ulitski - 17th Apr 2023

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