Video N Carolina student essentially shot for artist (8,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
leonardo da vinci
'artist' is the definition.
(Leonardo da Vinci is an example)
'video n carolina student essentially shot' is the wordplay.
'essentially' indicates the central letters.
'shot' indicates anagramming the letters.
The centre of 'student' is 'd'.
'video'+'n'+'carolina'+'d'='videoncarolinad'
'videoncarolinad' is an anagram of 'LEONARDO DA VINCI'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for leonardo da vinci that I've seen before include "artist ..." , "Italian painter" , "famous Italian" , "He painted" , "Renowned painter" .)