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Home Counties 'Bethnal Green' by Michael Upson

Rob Ulitski - 19th Sept 2023

Michael Upson directs a delightfully quirky promo for the indie band called Home Counties, for a song called Bethnal Green. 

The studio-based video for Bethnal Green opens with an elderly woman sitting in front of a textural backdrop, placing a pair of headphones on her head. 

From there, the music quite literally comes to life, as the band appears on the other side of the studio, performing in a series of dazzling vignettes - in which the impassive headphones-wearing lady also becomes involved 

Experimenting with playful camerawork and edit effects, the video feels as eccentric as the track (about gentrification in the dead trendy East End, of course) - packing in choreography, performance and even a mini disco into a short runtime. And it's bloody brilliant. 

Rob Ulitski - 19th Sept 2023

Tags

  • Pop
  • Alternative Pop
  • Performance
  • Dazzling
  • Vignette
  • Character
  • Overlay
  • Disco

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Michael Upson
Producer
Michael Upson
Producer
Joseph Brunt
Production Company
Hello Mary Films
1st AD
Chris Upson

Camera

Director of Photography
Joseph Brunt
Focus Puller
Louis Berman
2nd AC
Ben Vacher
Rig Technican
Charlotte Elson-Whittaker

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Athena Hadjistefanou

Art

Production designer
Louisa Karayiannis

Choreography

Movement Director
Thea Kallhed Möller

Casting

Lead actor
Shirley Valentine

Editorial

Editor
Michael Upson

Grading

Colourist
Lois Chapman

Rob Ulitski - 19th Sept 2023

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