Smoothboi Ezra 'Stuck' by Arthur Studholme
David Knight - 23rd Apr 2021
In Arthur Studholme's imaginative video for Irish singer-songwriter Smoothboi Ezra, a man made of flowers invades the home of a couple as they sleep, and soon causes emotional havoc.
The song Stuck is about the point at the beginning of the end of a relationship, and Studholme uses the powerful vision of the Flower Man as the agent of another strong visual device, to represent that painful moment. One of the couple is woken to carry out the intruder's bidding - which is to paint herself out of their photos. Then the 'whited-out' technique is repeated with the couple's home movie footage, where the Flower Man figure also starts to appear.
Studholme fuses these graphic elements together into a very satisfying whole. It's a quietly powerful video and in this case, the fact 'it was all a dream' is no cop-out.
David Knight - 23rd Apr 2021
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Arthur Studholme
- Producer
- Jack Stacey
- Production Company
- Blood Films
- Executive Producer
- Conor Duffy
- 1st AD
- Charlotte Miller
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Aidan Bryan
- Focus Puller
- Mike Simpson
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Johnny Haldon
Art
- Art Director
- EJ
Wardrobe
- Wardrobe
- Talia Leseuer
Casting
- Lead actor
- El Hogg
- Lead actor
- Lauren Cheetham
Animation
- Animator
- Arthur Studholme
Editorial
- Editor
- Arthur Studholme
Grading
- Colourist
- Ollie Cartlidge
Commission
David Knight - 23rd Apr 2021