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The Vertical File

Long interviews with the people building the format — creators, commissioners, crews.

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

“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

Every story. Written and heard.

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