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Bring your judgement to a working unit.
For HoDs and senior crew: test new kit, lead a unit, pass it on.
Chapter 1
The festival unit, January 2026

Heads of department tested prototype Sony OCELLUS camera tracking on an LED virtual production stage, with ten university students working in grade beneath them. See the festival unit
Newcomers show what's confusing. Experienced crew work round a fault without noticing. Test with both, on the same day.
Senior crew at work
Crew move a camera rig through green-lit haze on a stage Working the wheels of a remote head under stage light
An exoskeleton support vest on show Rigging a Panavision film camera on a scaffold platform
Filming through a car windscreen from a support rig
An ARRI camera with a matte box in a white corridor
We're asking working HoDs to review each department's lessons before the Academy opens. We name a reviewer only with their consent. Review a lesson
Senior professionals also sit on the reference group for the Faith Inclusion Toolkit.
How heads of department work
2:27How cinematographer Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC collaborates on film setsPanavision · original on YouTube
43:01Kodak Presents a Conversation with Janusz Kaminski and Phedon Papamichael, ASC at Cine Gear ExpoKodak Motion Picture Film · original on YouTube
Legendary cinematographer CALEB DESCHANEL ASC on shooting Laika animation WILDWOODBritish Cinematographer · original on YouTube
NIKOLAUS SUMMERER - CinematographerTeam Deakins · original on YouTube
17:07What A Focus Puller Does On Set: Crew BreakdownIn Depth Cine · original on YouTube


