Creature London and OB Management create a chilling look at social mobility
Michael Socha stars in the Department For Opportunities' subversive horror short, Stay Down, as a working-class employee who's dogged by institutional monsters.
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- Agency Creature of London/London
- Production Company OB Management
- Director Thomas James
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Credits
powered by
- Agency Creature of London/London
- Production Company OB Management
- Director Thomas James
- Editor Whitehouse Post/London
- Grade Black Kite Studios
- Music Major Tom
- Sound 750mph
- Chief Creative Officer Ben Middleton
- Chief Creative Officer Stu Outhwaite-Noel
- Creative Director John Osborne
- Producer Lilly Alter
- Head of Production/Exec Producer Sam Holmes
- Producer Rob Jelley
- DP Adam Barnett / (DP)
- VFX Alex Dubrocard
- Colorist Richard Fearon
- Music Supervisor Jacob Wheeler
- Sound Engineer Mike Bovill
- Composer Hogni Egilsson
- Head of Integrated Production Kristie Girvan
- Creative Adi Hussain
- Producer Marija Djikic
Credits
powered by
- Agency Creature of London/London
- Production Company OB Management
- Director Thomas James
- Editor Whitehouse Post/London
- Grade Black Kite Studios
- Music Major Tom
- Sound 750mph
- Chief Creative Officer Ben Middleton
- Chief Creative Officer Stu Outhwaite-Noel
- Creative Director John Osborne
- Producer Lilly Alter
- Head of Production/Exec Producer Sam Holmes
- Producer Rob Jelley
- DP Adam Barnett / (DP)
- VFX Alex Dubrocard
- Colorist Richard Fearon
- Music Supervisor Jacob Wheeler
- Sound Engineer Mike Bovill
- Composer Hogni Egilsson
- Head of Integrated Production Kristie Girvan
- Creative Adi Hussain
- Producer Marija Djikic
Tackling the inequalities of social mobility with a genuinely chilling edge, horror short Stay Down is a surprise gut-punch of a film from Creature London.
Created for the Department For Opportunities, with direction and writing from OB Management's Thomas James, the film stars This Is England veteran Michael Socha as a hangdog worker suffering class prejudice.
Utilising the naturalistic acting style Socha alongside surreal horror imagery and disturbing montage, giving the piece an internationally unsettling effect, the short's clever premise and construction makes for a shocking and focused comment on a very real issue.
“Classism survives when it’s allowed to hide in the shadows," comments John Osborne, Creative Director at Creature London. "We knew we had to continue our unexpected category approach to cut through and shine attention on the issue. To get people talking, of course, but ultimately to apply pressure on those in power holding others down simply because of their background.”
