MIMIC

Title: Mimic
Genre: Thriller, Short Film
Running Time: 6:28
Country: United States
Year: 2022
Language: English

Mimic is a psychological and horror-thriller short film that was shot in less than 48 hours with a skeleton crew. We shot everything at night, which put us on a time crunch for our two-day shoot. The film was shot in 4K in Blackmagic RAW 24fps and exported as a 1080p timeline.

Mimic is a short thriller that opens with a teenage boy, Ryan, who just finished a workout. Ryan finds his mother, Lisa, in the kitchen, distracted by dinner and decides to pull a prank on her. The two converse for a bit before Ryan decides to go outside to take a dip in the hot tub. While outside, Ryan comes face to face with a monster that can take the form of his mother and can mimic her behavior and her voice. Ryan and Lisa must find a way to escape before the creatures’ true intentions are revealed.

Avery Mayo Lewis is a multi-faceted creator skilled in the art of film and writing. Based in Austin, Texas. In 2021, Avery Mayo graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film. He has acted and starred in numerous feature and short films. He has written and directed his own work and has even been a co-writer on countless other projects. Along with holding almost every job in the film industry in his early career, he strives to be involved in animation projects, documentaries, and voice acting in television and other platforms. He has built a coalition of individuals in the Austin cinema scene with whom he has worked with and continues to work with.

Ryan - Avery Mayo
Lisa/Creature - Patti Rogers
Lisa Stand-in - Maureen Staloch
Richard - Michael Rogers

Director - Avery Mayo
Photography/Editor - Noah Master
Composer - Samuel Flores
Sound - Kai Dawson
Key Gaffer - PJ Losciale
Production Assistants - Patch Pape, Madison Laird, Allison Maldonado

Special Thanks to Ron & Tessa Lewis