Editing Wild Style (section)

==Production==
Fab Five Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) approached Ahearn about making a film focusing on what would become known as hip-hop culture and they began working together in late 1981. The idea was a hybrid of narrative musical and documentary, having hip-hop pioneers play themselves in a loosely scripted story shot entirely in the [[South Bronx]], the [[Lower East Side]], and [[Metropolitan Transit Authority|MTA]] subway yards.<ref name=":0" /> Freddy eventually stepped back from co-writing and co-directing with Ahearn ("Freddy didn’t have the focus at that particular time to write or direct," Ahearn said), but helped [[Chris Stein]] of [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] produce the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1991/06/17/living-large | title=Fab Five Freddy, the Coolest Person in New York | magazine=The New Yorker | date=10 June 1991 | last1=Orlean | first1=Susan }}</ref> 
An early version of the ''Wild Style'' logo appeared in 1981, when Ahearn hired graffiti artist [[Dondi White|Dondi]] to paint the "window down" subway car piece that appears in the film.<ref name="Witten (2001)">{{cite book|last=Witten|first=Andrew|title=Dondi White, Style Master General|url=https://archive.org/details/stylemastergener0000witt|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Regan Books|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stylemastergener0000witt/page/94 94–95]}}</ref> The Dondi piece was the inspiration for the film's animated title sequence, designed by artist Zephyr and animated by Joey Ahlbum in 1982.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cooper|first=Martha|title=Hip Hop Files Photographs 1979-1984|year=2004|publisher=Here To Fame|pages=188}}</ref> The ''Wild Style'' mural was painted by Zephyr, Revolt and Sharp in 1983.