This very charming lo-fi animation of a girl dancing was made using clay

Date
4 December 2014

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A little while back we wrote about this very cool music video directed by Sophia Bennett Homes for Frankie Cosmos, in which Frankie dances dreamily around her Justin Bieber-bedecked bedroom in the guise of a teenage girl, and generally makes us wish we were 14 again. Happily this led us to Sophia’s website, where we found enough projects to justify the creation of a fully-fledged fan club in Sophia’s honour. We’re hoping for badges, dedicated Tumblrs, hand-drawn T-shirts and weekly meetings.

The Brooklyn-born artist and filmmaker has a pared-back, lo-fi style that stands out from so many of the over-produced and and under-thought out music videos plastered all over YouTube, like a rose in a thorn bush. We adored this sweet stop motion animation of a girl dancing alone to a record, sipping on a glass of red wine and seducing her viewer. The best part? It’s made entirely out of clay, lending the careful linework a sweet, smeary finish that makes you feel as though you too are swaying gently around a bedroom cooing to yourself. Oh, and Sophia is a mere 20 years old, meaning she’s on the brink of something brilliant.

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Sophia Bennett Holmes: I Only Have Eyes For You (screenshot)

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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