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Technology + Teamwork 'You Saw Something In Me' by Simon Owens

Rob Ulitski - 16th Aug 2023

Simon Owens directs an unconventional love story for London-based electronic duo Technology + Teamwork. And if you've never seen a love story between two trashbags, you're in for a treat...

Owens' idea is essentially a simple one, executed to perfection: a pair of red plastic bin bags lipsyncing convincingly to what the director describes as "a horror version banger of an Eastern European Eurovision pop song."

Shot in a realistic, 'warts and all' way - with the bin bags situated in all the places you would usually find them - the visual feels gritty yet charming, and strangely fitting to the track.

"On first listen I genuinely found the opening vocal shocking," says Owens."It could be a pitched-down Taylor Dayne singing a Hall and Oates tune over Belgian Techno. I had to make a video for this tune.

"But what? Two bin bags, one in love with another, no matter what, run over, hospitalised, and lip-syncing. Natch."

Natch indeed. 

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  • Comedy
  • Director's notes
  • Electronic
  • Trash Bag
  • Puppet
  • Humour
  • Suburban
  • Unconventional
  • Eurovision

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Producer
Production Manager
Nahal Ashrafii
Directors Assistant
Mihai Feflea
Production Assistants
Adrian Skhoo, Laura Mondunkwu, Rowenne

Camera

Director of Photography
Ben Magahy
Focus Puller
Jeremy Fusco

Lighting/Grip

Sparks
Curtis O’Shaughnessy, Ivo Wade, Harry Rae-Smith
Grip
Sid Jones
Camera + Lighting equipment
Pete Moore, Nancy Jones

Art

Practical VFX
Simon Owens, Mihai Feflea
Props
Simon Owens, Mihai Feflea and Steve Kellet

Editorial

Editor
Julian Eguiguren
Post Production
André Dias

Grading

Colourist
Jack McGinity
Colour grade company
Grade Producers
Lisa Fox, Sarah Banks

Misc

Puppeteer
Oliver Smart
Puppeteer
Valerie Voronkina

Other credits

Van

Pilot Lighting

Car + Car driver

Purdy

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