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Still from Palace Road — Four flats, one landlord, thirty years of a London street.

Palace Road begins principal photography along one real London street

The estate saga shoots its entire first season on the street it is named for — with residents on camera and a portrait rig light enough to walk.

V4Vertical Staff · 1 min read

Still from Night Shift — A&E at 3am, one corridor, every episode a single shift.

Interviews

“You are writing for a screen someone is holding”: the creator of Night Shift on portrait-first drama

Yemi Adesanya built a hospital series around one corridor, one shift and a lead nurse the camera never leaves. She explains why the phone changes the writing before it changes the shot.

Ren Ito · 2 min read

Still from Low Tide — A body on the estuary. A town that swears it saw nothing.

Features

Shooting the estuary at four in the morning: how Low Tide holds its nerve

The coastal noir gets its stillness from a production choice nobody notices — the tide table is the shooting schedule.

Tomi Adebayo · 2 min read

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