GRIM UP NORTH
Monologue - 2025

Status: Released
Produced by Apprentice Films

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LOGLINE

A narrative poem exploring the negative stereotypes surrounding the North East of England, and the North more broadly.

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SYNOPSIS

"Grim Up North" is a narrative poem/monologue which explores the negative stereotypes surrounding the North East of England, and the North more broadly.

Only made possible thanks to the North East based filmmakers credited below - thank you for both your belief in the project and for enduring the 6am call time in freezing cold Northern temperatures.

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CREDITS

WRITING
  Writer: John Lee Taggart
  Writer: Chantelle Taggart

DIRECTION
  Director: John Lee Taggart

CAST
  Performer: John Lee Taggart
  "Southern Banker": Jordan Reeves

PRODUCTION
  1st AD & Clapper Loader: Paul Stainthorpe
  Produced by: Apprentice Films

CAMERA & LIGHTING
  Cinematography: Craig Crouchman
  1st AC / Focus Puller: Chris Gibson
  Gaffer: Amaan Rashid
  Best Boy: Jake M. L. Carpenter

SOUND
  Sound Recordist: Max Ferguson
  Sound Mixer: Anil Tümkaya

ALSO
  BTS Photography: Jonny Coyne

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