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Olly Murs 'Beautiful To Me' by Martyn Thomas

Cat Velez - 4th June 2015

Olly Murs' new single brings with it this heartwarming tale of love between old friends, courtesy of director Martyn Thomas.

Starring Game Of Thrones actress Charlotte Hope, the video charts the friendship of two touchingly relatable characters from their school days to adulthood. As their affection grows and matures, the viewer is teased with a familiar but effective combination of unspoken feelings, longing looks and missed opportunities.

And as with all great romcoms, the climactic ending provides an emotional twist that does not disappoint.

MARTYN THOMAS:

"Olly's love for the film Boyhood was the spark that lit the fire for this brief, something nostalgic that spanned time and had a central character(s) that we could fall in love with. The story is based on a lot of my own personal experiences: getting in trouble for having a fountain pen fight, getting busted smoking at school, repeatedly being there for a girl and never having the guts to step it up...

"The aim was to make this feel as real as possible, less pop promo and more indy short film. It felt like this story would be close to home for a lot of people in some way so I wanted to deliver a very believable film with honest performances.

"Charlotte Hope and Sam O'Rourke were absolutely amazing to work with, they really understood my vision and fully immersed themselves in the characters and their ongoing relationship. They built up a rapport extremely fast and watching them change through the ages in appearance and performance was really fun and exciting.

"Sam was actually heading out on the town with friends right after we wrapped, looking about 15, sporting his cleanly shaven face and 90s bowl cut... sorry mate."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Producer
Keira Malik
Production Company
STITCHTHAT
Executive Producer
Tim Mogridge
Executive Producer
Giles Maunsell
1st AD
George Nelson

Camera

Director of Photography
Adam Scarth
Focus Puller
Tom O'Keefe
2nd AC
Eira Wyn Jones

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Seth Crosby

Art

Art Director
Grace Zito

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Grace Zito
Hair
Hayley Gittins
Make-up
Hayley Gittins
Make-up
Kat Sykes

Editorial

Editor

Grading

Colourist
Jason Wallis
Colour grade company

Commission

Commissioner
Mike O'Keefe
Label
Sony Music

Misc

2nd AD
Ben Keswick

Other credits

DIT

Jim Parsons

Sparks

Caspar Jones, Jon Dew

Hair And Make Up Designer

Hayley Gittins

Hair And Make Up Assistant

Emily Grove

Hair Stylist

Angela Hertel

Runner

George Smith, Nick Hayes

Cat Velez - 4th June 2015

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