Home Counties 'Uptight' by Michael Upson
Promonews - 14th Feb 2024
Michael Upson directs a visceral account of battling ballerinas for indie outfit Home Counties' suitably kinetic and febrile Uptight.
As the band, doorpersons in a deserted working men's club, observe and perform, the dancers - Gabriella Engdahl and Evie Leigh-Savage - exhibit contrasting styles and mutual animosity, with unedifying yet very watchable results.
It's Upson's follow-up to the equally impressive Bethnal Green last year. Like that one, this also does a very good job in putting the band ('synth heavy post-punk upstarts' according to Clash), on the map ahead of their debut album, Exactly As It Seems, out in May.
Promonews - 14th Feb 2024
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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
- Charlotte Elson-Whittaker
- 2nd AC
- Ben Vacher
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Jake Grech
Art
- Production designer
- Louisa Karayiannis
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Louisa Karayiannis
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Gabriella Engdahl
- Choreographer
- Evie Leigh-Savage
Casting
- Lead Dancer
- Evie Leigh-Savage
- Lead Dancer
- Gabriella Engdahl
Editorial
- Editor
- Michael Upson
Grading
- Colourist
- Lois Chapman
Commission
- Label
- Submarine Cat
Promonews - 14th Feb 2024