Channel 4: UPSTAIRS

Matthias Heogg's light-hearted short plays on the anonymity of our noisey neighbours and was created for Channel 4.

Introducing main protagonist Jeff, as he struggles to get to sleep due to an inexplicable sound coming from the flat above, the torment leaves him anxious to find out the truth about what's really going on.

Heogg worked closely with Berlin based musician and sound designer, David Kamp, throughout the production to tweak picture and sound as ideas developed in tandem.

The Not to Scale director reveals his favourite part of the process was working with renown comedy actor and voice artist Steve Furst. “It really brought Jeff to life," he says. "I was used to things improving in tiny increments over a two-and-a-half-month production period, so it was incredibly satisfying to hear him put the whole character down in just 45 mins in the recording booth”.