ABOUT / LEW PARKER
ABOUT / LEW PARKER
A feel for the whole film —
and what it needs
to reveal.
A feel for the whole film — and what it needs to reveal.
A feel for the whole film — and what it needs to reveal.
I’ve been making films
since I was 17.
I’ve been making films since I was 17.
I’ve been making films since I was 17.
It started with self-shooting bands and singer-songwriters. I was often carrying the idea, camera, lighting, production and edit myself.
It started with self-shooting bands and singer-songwriters. I was often carrying the idea, camera, lighting, production and edit myself.
It started with self-shooting bands and singer-songwriters. I was often carrying the idea, camera, lighting, production and edit myself.
As the shoots grew, so did the crews, briefs and responsibility. What stayed was the instinct to keep an eye on the whole thing.
As the shoots grew, so did the crews, briefs and responsibility. What stayed was the instinct to keep an eye on the whole thing.
As the shoots grew, so did the crews, briefs and responsibility. What stayed was the instinct to keep an eye on the whole thing.
Filming in a jewellery workshop.
Filming in a jewellery workshop.
Filming in a jewellery workshop.
THE FILMMAKING
THE FILMMAKING
I learned to see
the film as a whole.
I learned to see the film as a whole.
I learned to see the film as a whole.
Years across music, fashion and commercial work put me on different sides of the same film — directing, shooting, lighting, producing and editing.
Years across music, fashion and commercial work put me on different sides of the same film — directing, shooting, lighting, producing and editing.
Years across music, fashion and commercial work put me on different sides of the same film — directing, shooting, lighting, producing and editing.
Each one changes what happens around it. Production shapes what is possible. Light and camera position change how a person or place is understood. Working with people changes what can happen in the moment. And the edit tells you very quickly which decisions actually mattered.
Each one changes what happens around it. Production shapes what is possible. Light and camera position change how a person or place is understood. Working with people changes what can happen in the moment. And the edit tells you very quickly which decisions actually mattered.
Each one changes what happens around it. Production shapes what is possible. Light and camera position change how a person or place is understood. Working with people changes what can happen in the moment. And the edit tells you very quickly which decisions actually mattered.
Over time, that became judgement about the whole film — what it needs, what it can do without, and what has to survive from the first idea to the final cut.
Over time, that became judgement about the whole film — what it needs, what it can do without, and what has to survive from the first idea to the final cut.
Over time, that became judgement about the whole film — what it needs, what it can do without, and what has to survive from the first idea to the final cut.
What a film needs.
What it can
do without.
What a film needs. What it can do without.
What a film needs. What it can do without.
FASHION
FASHION
THE WORK NOW
THE WORK NOW
Today, the first thing I want
to understand isn’t the film.
Today, the first thing I want to understand isn’t the film.
Today, the first thing I want to understand isn’t the film.
It’s the business.
It’s the business.
It’s the business.
Why do the right clients choose it?
Why do the right clients choose it?
Where does confidence come from?
Where does confidence come from?
What only becomes obvious once
somebody is already working with them?
What only becomes obvious once somebody is already working with them?
The finished work is often easy to admire. The harder thing to see is the judgement behind it — the standards, decisions, anticipation and experience that make difficult things look straightforward.
The finished work is often easy to admire. The harder thing to see is the judgement behind it — the standards, decisions, anticipation and experience that make difficult things look straightforward.
The finished work is often easy to admire. The harder thing to see is the judgement behind it — the standards, decisions, anticipation and experience that make difficult things look straightforward.
Understanding that tells me what the film needs to reveal: who matters, where we need to spend time, what deserves attention and what can disappear.
Understanding that tells me what the film needs to reveal: who matters, where we need to spend time, what deserves attention and what can disappear.
Understanding that tells me what the film needs to reveal: who matters, where we need to spend time, what deserves attention and what can disappear.
Understand what matters.
Then give it form.
Understand what matters. Then give it form.
Understand what matters. Then give it form.
Lew Parker | Director
Lew Parker | Director
Lew Parker | Director