LIGHT FANTASTIC

Rascals Publishing & Media Ltd!

Red Lion Yard, Odd Down, Bath

United Kingdom BA2 2PP

Tel: +44 (0) 1428 746 375

Editor-in-Chief RON PRINCE

Special Consultant ALAN LOWNE

Editorial Assistant KIRSTY HAZLEWOOD

Editorial Contributors

RON PRINCE, DAVID WOOD & DYLAN BRUCE

Advertising Manager CLAIRE SAUNDERS

Art Direction & Creative Kinda Stuff

JAM CREATIVE STUDIOS adam@jamcreativestudios.com tim@jamcreativestudios.com

IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE!

The ability to tell stories using light, shadow and shade is an artform as old as art itself. And now the spotlight’s on you!

Welcome to Light Fantastic, a brand-new magazine, where for the very first time, the vibrant community of people involved in lighting for screened entertainment – including gaffers, rigging gaffers, lighting console programmers, vendors and rental houses – have the chance to really shine and show their talents.

This is your magazine, championing the art of lighting, designed to help with the creative, technical, practical and educational aspects of the job, as well as the serious business of health and safety on-set, whilst encouraging a more diverse and inclusive workplace.

We’re incredibly proud to support the ICLS, its many individual and corporate members, both as an official media partner of the society and through the pages of Light Fantastic. Thank you to everyone around the world who has made this publication possible.

In our inaugural edition, we take a look at how the ICLS came into being, its key members, aims and ambitions, along with features about leading gaffers, a peek inside a major rental house, and lots of equipment news.

We want you to be the very best you can be, at whatever role you play in bringing stories to life using light. So please sign-up. Please get in touch. Keep letting us know about the interesting, exciting and innovative work you are doing, and we’ll do our very best to give you the credit and the coverage you deserve.

Happy lighting. Stay safe, and we’ll see you again soon.

Sign-up at www.lightfantastic.world now

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Cover Image: BTS photo from a location on Tár gaffer Florian Kronenberger ICLS, DP Florian Hoffmeister BSC.

Light Fantastic is a Rascals Publishing & Media Ltd publication, made in partnership with the International Cinema Lighting Society (ICLS) (www.iclsociety.com). We also publish Cinematography World magazine (www.cinematography.world).

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Ron Prince Editor in Chief