Although you cannot see it these photos were actually taken at a very high quality with a grain filter on. The main look of this was tired, and that seemed to have given up driving through the busy streets covered by fog. This shows classism through his tired look and overall demeanor. Dressed in his suit and hat for work, adding to the noir feel, as well as the grain. His work attire also shows a man unhappy with his day-to-day 9-7 job, low pay, and hard work fitting with the theme of classism. The colorful neon lighting fitting with the inspiration of past photographers taking pictures in the lit up streets if Hong Kong.

1. Liam Wong

2. The main themes show dim very neon areas or bright images where you can tell its a dim area 

3. Many of the techniques used include wide shots showing the bright neon lights and cluttered city with usually 1-2 people as the focus.

4. I chose him because he really can show classism in the tight, claustrophobic apartment buildings with the cheap neon lights.

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2. Greg Girard

The main themes are less edited and more raw, with much more focus on greenish light. Many older (1980s) Hong Kong Neon lights.

Chose Him More for his style and colors he uses, which are much more gritty, and what I am going for. Shows much dirtier areas/places.  The lighting also plays a big role in how it was perceived, unlike Liam Wong, who uses blues, reds, purples, and other colors that make the pictures feel almost futuristic. The use of green, fluorescent lighting makes the image feel outdated and dirty/cheap. Like you’re in a bad area. Which Correlates to my theme of classism. Also, neon lights are not as vivid as Liam Wong’s to show almost despair. Mostly dim colors.

These are all Wong Kar Wai shots from multiple movies that he has made

as well as another Noir based movie called Bladerunner 2049 similarly using bright neon yet dirty shots

Some of my favorite movies are ones by quentin tarontino and Wong Kar Wai. I can replicate many of these shots by wide 0.5 lens shots of usually dirty things with a green florescent light kinda color. With a Noir look and heavy lighting especially around the eyes and many bright neon colors replicating the streets of Hong Kong.

2. Something I personally like are tight alley ways and other streets with lots of the bright lights that are still dirty in dirty areas. I can make a mysterious effect using these bright colors with the dirty backgrounds.

3. I think a feeling of giving up is something to give off. With many Noirs the character has usually given up with most things in life a sense of hopelessness finding out how much bigger things are than ourselves.

4.I think Classism is the main thing I want to target with these. The dirty slums  all around us that we lack to notice because of our own circumstances we do not see others.