A Wider Lens: Australian Camera Workforce Development and Diversity

A Wider Lens is the first comprehensive examination of
the workforce, the work model, and the work culture,
that constitute Australian film and television camera
departments. The study pays particular attention to
how social characteristics, such as gender, age, class,
ethno-cultural identity, sexuality, disability, and caring
responsibilities overlap and interact to shape career
paths and work experiences in the film and television
camera profession. In adopting an intersectional
approach to understanding inequality as a defining
feature of work in camera departments, the report seeks to add to the evidentiary
knowledge base that informs both policy and practice in advancing a world-class,
globally competitive, equitable, diverse, and inclusive screen industry in Australia. A failure to attend to key issues in labour market and workforce
development risks the future potential of this knowledge-intensive, technologically
innovative, and highly globalised sector to continue to add economic, social and
cultural value to Australia.