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.Â
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.Â
Promonews - 14th Feb 2024
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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
 - 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