Collateral & the Death of Neon

An exploration of street lamps, crime cinema, and disappearing worlds.

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Music by Tyler Floyd
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The Greatest Long Take You've Never Seen:    • Filming Half a Movie in One Shot  
Why The Ring Didn't Use Color Grading:    • Why The Ring Didn’t Use Color Grading  

Additional Attributions:
10:14 - Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) [voiceover clip]
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More information on the "moonlight towers" referenced at 3:20:
   • Why use many streetlights when one wi...  

Citations:
Moro, Francisco García. “The Death and Life of Hong Kong’s Illegal Façades.” ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 2020, Art. 2.
https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/ar...
Yaldız, Esra et al. “Loss Of City Identities In The Process Of Change: The City Of Konya-Turkey.” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 140, 2014, 221-233.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Links & Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10...


Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:59 Part 1: Street Lights & The Color of Crime
11:03 Part 2: Collateral & The Rise of Neon
15:54 Part 3: LEDs & The Loss of Identity
23:46 Conclusion