An Inside Look at New General Hospital Set
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On Tuesday, General Hospital will unveil a new nurses' hub.
It's well-deserved, considering the location was blown to smithereens last month.
TV Guide sat down with General Hospital production designer Chip Dox to get an inside look at the hospital's new nerve center. Here are excerpts from the interview:
TVGuide.com: Which came first: the decision to have an explosion in the hospital or the idea to update the nurses' hub?
Chip Dox: They came pretty much on top of each other. For [the GH spin-off] Night Shift, we built a new hub, with the idea that we would use parts of it on General Hospital. They liked the concept of it so much, they said, "We want something [of our own] like that."
TVGuide.com: Were there any special considerations with the show switching to hi-def soon?
Dox: Lighting was our biggest one. [For HD] we use much less light, and because of that the depth of field is shallower. That puts the areas past and in front of the actors in soft focus, which we like.
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