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===Pre-production=== During the weeks before filming, Ford spent time with the homicide department of the Philadelphia Police Department, researching the important details of working as a homicide detective. McGillis did research by moving in with an Amish widow and her seven children, learning how to milk cows and practicing their Pennsylvania German dialect.<ref name=wygantmc>{{cite interview|last=McGillis|first=Kelly|interviewer=[[Bobbie Wygant]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXV-xN5RT4|title=Kelly McGillis for "Witness'|date=January 24, 1985|work=The Bobbie Wygant Archive|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604042644/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXV-xN5RT4&gl=US&hl=en|archive-date=June 4, 2022|access-date=June 4, 2022}}</ref> Weir and cinematographer John Seale went on a trip to the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], which was running an exhibition of 17th-century Dutch Masters. Weir drew attention to the paintings of [[Johannes Vermeer]], which were used as inspiration for the lighting and composition of the film, especially in the scenes where John Book is recovering from a gunshot wound in Rachel's house.<ref name="dvdextra" />
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