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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

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  • Narrative
  • Singer-songwriter

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Credits

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

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

David Knight - 23rd Apr 2021

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