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    <description>When you&#039;ve got $40,000, a borrowed lens kit, and a prayer, you get creative fast. We talked to the unsung camera wizards behind your favorite cult streaming gems and discovered that necessity isn&#039;t just the mother of invention — it&#039;s the mother of some genuinely jaw-dropping cinematography.</description>
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