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Filming in Australia’s unforgiving outback for BBC’s The Tourist . 07 INDUSTRY BRIEFINGS

Celebrating the optics that shaped countless iconic looks across film and TV last year.

40 HOW-TO POST

The latest news, views and tips from the world of video.

Simplifying the remote post-production pipeline for WFH artists.

Production 10 T ALK OF THE TON

44 C INEMATIC

F ilmmaking is all about the storytelling – a phrase we’ve heard dozens of times. But when you leave the cinema, it’s not the technical aspects you hear fellow moviegoers talking about; conversation is usually centred around the characters, the plot, and how those elements affected them. For that reason, good creators know how to select the right tools for the storyteller’s vision. Cameras and lighting are crucial, but lenses are the eyes that enable viewers to ‘see’ the story. They are the vessels through which the real world is filtered before it reaches the sensor and, arguably, the most important tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. That’s why we’ve devoted six pages (from page 32) to the engagingly pin-sharp and perfectly imperfect glass that captured the stories of last year. From festival-circuit hit The Father to the Emmy award-winning Ted Lasso , these are the lenses that moved us. DEPUTY EDITOR Chelsea Fearnley 32

BROADCASTING Documenting the crossover between live and cinema gear on the pitch.

Modern shooting for an intimate window into the lives of Bridgerton ’s Mayfair elite.

16 IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW

Contrasting light to create suspense in courtroom drama You Don’t Know Me .

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51 S TEPPING UP

Assessing Canon’s two new RF mount lenses.

Industry 25 MIXING REALITIES

55 GENERATION Z HEAD-TURNER

AI influences, colourimetry, and democratisation of LED volumes in our round table.

Reviewing the Ronin 4D, DJI’s unique four-axis camera and stabiliser.

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CONTRIBUTORS Adam Duckworth, Phil Rhodes & Emily Williamson EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Roger Payne

PUBLISHING MANAGING DIRECTORS Andy Brogden & Matt Pluck

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