Andy McLeod
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In recent years McLeod has worked with directors such as Jonathan Glazer, Guy Manwaring, Martin De Thurah, MEGAFORCE and Adam Berg, as well DoP’s including Greig Fraser, Joost van Gelder and the legendary Darius Khondji, on brands including Burberry, VW, Hewlett Packard, Ford, Halifax and Thomson Holidays.
He is a commercially trained HSE diver as well as SCUBA instructor with PADI and BSAC and since 1995, McLeod has logged more than 3,000 dives across the world, from Antarctica to Zanzibar. When he is not working he loves to cook, and his seafood recipes are legendary.
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spotlight magazine Nov 2023 commercial productions, directors & dops
Canary Islands - Spain: Andy McLeod
Ford Night Swimming: This ambitious commercial featuring a group of young people enjoying a swim at night with their Ford Rangers was shot almost entirely at the Buftea Studios in Romania. Their 50m x 25m x 5m deep water stage was the perfect location to create an underwater lake complete with several tons of gravel and rock, replete with real water lilies and flowers. After the set was installed, and all the gravel washed, it took more than one week to fill the tank!
Working with director Adam Berg from Smuggler, and DP Joost van Gelder, McLeod was tasked with the underwater cinematography. Due to the size of the space, more than 150 Arri Sky Panels were installed overhead, and special LED lamps had to be customised by McLeod for underwater use, to recreate the headlamps of the Ford Rangers. McLeod used a Hydroflex housing for the Arri Alexa Mini LF and Master primes to create the balletic camera movements with the actors.
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showcase magazine Sep 2023 spain issue 933
Andy McLeod film dops
Produced by US based production company Iconclast, this environmentally themed commercial from the directing team Megaforce cleverly uses cross cutting to simultaneously tell the life stories of a fish and a plastic bag, from “birth” to when they finally meet in the ocean.
Working alongside DP Greig Fraser, Andy was tasked with photographing the underwater scenes at the Barcelona Aquarium, and in the sea just off the coast of the city. In the aquarium, Andy and his team had to share the space with a number of large sharks, which helped to keep them alert during the tough 10 hours the team spent underwater.
The underwater footage was captured on Andy’s RED Gemini camera and housing.
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