Documentary
Wet Neon
A short documentary about the night-shift workers who keep Times Square running between 2 and 6 a.m.
Client
Nocturne Magazine
Year
2024
Runtime
12:30
Format
16:9 — 4K
Location
New York, US
Services
Research · Direction · Edit · Mix
Preview loop — runtime 12:30
(Overview)
For Nocturne’s city issue we spent six nights with the people nobody photographs: cleaners, sign technicians, cab dispatchers and a man who fixes the same billboard every week.
Shot handheld with a two-person crew, the film lets them talk while the city keeps flashing behind them.
Credits
Director — Rui Salgado
Camera — Tomás Varga
Editor — Ana Ribeiro
Re-recording Mixer — Mara Lind
(Stills)
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