# @panavision on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=sQli7q6xpAM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68189125-panavision-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-05T18:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Panavision (@panavision) — https://gondola.cc/panavision

## Caption

View other episodes of The Lens Series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9U5Ot3T101P7j_I1TtZzuClEtBeWGQx

Join cinematographer Alice Brooks ASC and Panavision's Dan Sasaki for an exclusive, in-depth conversation at Panavision’s Woodland Hills headquarters. They share an in-depth conversation about the intuition, emotion, and creative power of lenses behind Alice's work in musicals – In The Heights, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Wicked, and Wicked: For Good.

The two break down how Alice uses anamorphic lenses not as technical tools—but as emotional instruments.

🔍 Topics include:
• Using music to guide lens choice and composition
• How anamorphic lenses shape performance and intimacy
• The attributes of Panavision’s G Series optics
• The development of Panavision's Ultra Panatar II lenses
• Designing lenses for feeling, not perfection
• Alice Brook's collaboration with directors, crew, and cast

🎥 This episode is a deep dive into collaboration, trust, and the invisible decisions that define cinematic storytelling.

Find this video on the Panavision website at https://www.panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/alice-brooks-asc-and-dan-sasaki-on-anamorphic-lenses-and-the-language-of-musicals

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00:00 - Introduction
01:34 - In The Heights (G Series)
07:00 - Tick, Tick... Boom! (G Series)
13:03 - Wicked (Ultra Panatar II)
21:44 - Wicked: For Good (Ultra Panatar II)
37:37 - Final Thoughts & Impact
30:16 - Subscribe

## Stats

- **Views:** 934
- **Likes:** 45
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 2

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Fisch | @deejayfisch | https://gondola.cc/deejayfisch | Video Editor |

## Tags

lenses, dansasaki, panavision, howitsmade, filmmaking, cinematographer, conversation, wicked, jonmchu, intheheights, ticktickboom, alicebrooks

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