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It was really impressive to see how the whole sets team was making sure the different locations felt authentic. Joe lives in Jackson Heights in Queens, and I wanted to be faithful to the feeling of the place through color and light as well! I went to visit friends in NY during the production of the film, stayed in Queens, and made sure to get a good feeling for the place! It was a wonderful trip in which I spent some time visiting jazz bars as well!
In any case, once Joe and 22 arrive at the apartment, the idea was for them to feel safe there after all they went through back in Manhattan. There was a really funny gag about the cat falling asleep on the patch of sunlight, so I went with it as a lighting guideline and made sure all the interior felt really nice and toasty. This is another instance in which I really pushed the use of a single source light setup, the whole scene is being lit up exclusively by that patch of light hitting the floor and bouncing around the room. The stairwell was left cool for contrast, and also in preparation for the following sequence...