“Interior Chinatown” doesn’t just exist in just one heightened world — the Hulu series plays with myriad film and TV genre conventions. And because there are so many different modes in which the show operates, the stylization of each has to be bigger, bolder, and more distinct.

From the cool Steadicam walk-and-talks of a broadcast police procedural to the more anamorphic-lensed thriller-mystery to throwback ‘70s Bruce Lee vibes to the very specific demands of commercial product placement, cinematographer Tari Segal had to do it all — and on a TV prep schedule.

It’s one thing to get script pages that say when the “hero” cops stride in to take control of the narrative from Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) and detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet), the lighting changes to Dick Wolf specifications, while the composition snaps into focus to make Detectives Green (Lisa Gilroy) and Turner (Sullivan Jones) the center of attention.