It was completed more than six months ago, but we finally caught up with this lovely video for Australian singer-songwriter Holly Throsby by Mike Daly, a director and visual effects artist from Sydney who last year won Australian Music Video of the Year at the J Awards for his FX-heavy video for Aussie hip-hop outfit The Herd’s 2020.

Mike shot this haunting and distinctive piece – featuring an ingenious rotating lightbulb rig – for old childhood pal Throsby, before relocating to Paris shortly afterwards.

And he would prefer not to explain how the shot of the falling girls was achieved – although this did not involve having them jump off a platform into a foam-pit (his original idea).

Holly Throsby feat. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Would You?
Director: Mike Daly
Prod co: Caravan Pictures
Producer: Rebecca Bennett
DoP: Josh Raymond.
Sound designer: Michael McMenomy.
Lighting rig engineers: Leigh Russell & Leif Wilson
Costume Designer: Amelia Gebler, Bernadette Hehea
Make-up: Melissa Leong
Falling Girls Scene.
Riggers: Spike Cherrie, Phillip Partridge & Andrea Berchtold
Editor & Compositor: Mike Daly
Watch: Quicktime movie