Directing
From directing music videos, short films, and branded content, Lewis creates unique concepts and delivers every element of the filmmaking process from paper to screen. Lewis’s filmmaking is driven by a curiosity for emulating stories, characters, and film aesthetics based on real-life happenings and dreams.
Lewis is a self-shooting Director of Photography (DOP) and Camera Operator. He immerses himself in every intricate component of the filmmaking process from concept art, location, production design, costumes, lighting, camera operation, sound, VFX composition, and editing. Lewis offers a comprehensive start-to-finish approach.
Experimentation using everyday materials to create film props has made Lewis naturally resourceful with shoestring budgets on set. As a kid, Lewis enjoyed building things with his hands such as model spaceships from cardboard. Now, his love for creating every artistic detail makes him resourceful when planning film projects for clients. Building practical effects and props such as a rigged Jenga blocks stack, a homemade spider web spinner, an oversized newspaper with subliminal messages, a military helmet from a hanging basket, and a stick of dynamite from chalk sticks. Creating, shooting, editing, and putting together every single aspect of his films has given Lewis the breadth of perspective whilst working on big Hollywood film sets.
His experience with major Hollywood productions such as “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One”, “James Bond No Time To Die”, and “Blade Runner 2099” has given him access to top-tier industry professionals.
Lewis has spent years working on full-scale feature films and TV shows,
witnessing first-hand the inner workings of filmmaking techniques. This experience has given him the edge.
Editing
Editing is the magic stage. One of the most enjoyable phases of the filmmaking process, editing allows me to finally see the big picture with large format footage full of colour and context. With each project comes tone and pace which is aided by sound design. After I put together a rough assembly of the edit, I input sound early into the process to set the rhythm and timing. Style of music, sound effects, and tempo sets a foundation for the visual capture of each cut and it reflects the feeling of each storyline – abstract, frenzied, stable, emotive.
In order to freely work as a film editor, I make sure the project admin and data management are well structured from the beginning. I organise rushes by location or by scene, and make sure the post production pipeline encourages freedom of creativity.
At the start of the editing process, I experiment by being very loose with how I cut the footage then slowly refine it to fit for purpose. This experimental phase is when I am figuring out what works with no particular order of process. Immediately putting early colour grading on as soon as possible helps me to find the project’s style, and aids my editing. A lot of great edits happen by accident, whether I am dragging in clips unintentionally or intentionally to scenes. The cuts may fit just by luck; creating an amazing unplanned edit.
Through VFX Composition integration into the edit, we can enrich a storyline with incredible visuals – using CGI environments and 3D models to make the film pop.
CREDITS
on big
stuff:
Blade Runner 2099
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Pt 1
James Bond “No Time To Die”
Fast & Furious 9
Gran Turismo
3 Body Problem
Damsel
Walking With Dinosaurs
CitadelÂ
Avenue 5, Season 2
A Quiet Place: Day One
CinderellaÂ
Secret Invasion – Marvel
Scoop
The Man Who Fell To Earth (2022)
JOLT
Film Director
Lewis Andrews is an experienced director and concept creator for Music Videos, Short Films, Commercials, and Branded Content.
Lewis has over a decade of experience as a video director, producer, camera operator, production coordinator, editor; managing entire shoots from start to finish. From creating a unique concept on varying production budgets, building a storyboard, designing concept art, organising a previs and production schedule, hiring film production crew and talent, managing call sheets, sourcing props and costumes, building bespoke props and sets, producing sound design and effects, video editing, incorporating cool VFX, to making social media assets to enhance the promotion of the film’s final product, Lewis has worked on every aspect of the filmmaking process.Â
Visit the Film Production page to see the services our production company offers such as directing, producing, DOP – Director of Photography, camera operator, concept art creation, creative briefs, film production planning, film crew hire, film location scouting, and film location hire.
Visit the Post Production page to see the services our production company offers such as production design, film editing & music video editing, colour grading, VFX, sound design, graphic design & art, and social media assets.