“Continuing to describe The Wire’s visual differences from conventional TV, Chappelle moved to the subject of lighting. “We’re not afraid to let people go into shadow, we seldom have edge lights or give the ladies a beauty light. You know all the things you’re supposed to do, well we usually don’t.” The look of the show is ‘real,’ he said. “You walk into a room and it’s a harsh, fluorescent light. If it goes a little green, it goes a little green. The downlights on some of The Wire’s sets are pretty much ‘practicals’ - of course they’re re-tubed but on sets like the Police station or (Police) headquarters that’s the (florescent lighting) look we’re going for.”"
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