hong kong 香港 3/3 (if wong kar wai and wes anderson had a really bad short film as a baby)

dream by the pied pipers. ft. 2 seconds of mariah careys all i want for christmas is you, covered by 10 people perhaps
a stream of consciousness from what i recorded in hong kong but i forgot to post. a vlog if u could call it that more just phone footage i spat out
films i re/watched this time:
- about a boy (2002) hugh grant and a bowl cut child named nicholas hoult
- pulp fiction (1994) whoa wild right hashtag directed by quentin tarantino
- notting hill and love actually but ialso dont remember if i dreamed i did it
- 1 episode of our flag means death (2022)
- stared at dog day afternoon (1975) and that one fast & furious movie w/ devon aoki
- what we do in the shadows (2014) like a real man
other hk short films if u can call it that
[part 1] • 北半球聖誕 . 香港（上）| short f...
[part 2] • 聖誕 後: wong kar wai, we...
making silly bad short films for fun. student filmmaking thingz i dont know what im doing but thats ok. i have 2 exams next week guess what im avoiding
#wongkarwai #wesanderson #filmmaking

[@RoshanKumar-br6op]

putting this in the "impactful, absolutely life-changing stuff" playlist

[@salutsal]

blushing rn

[@phillipblest2622]

Is that playlist public?

[@RoshanKumar-br6op]

@@phillipblest2622 it will be public thirty-three seconds after i reply to this comment

[@phillipblest2622]

@@RoshanKumar-br6op Siiick

[@phillipblest2622]

@@RoshanKumar-br6op Thank you

[@leonardxox]

I appreciate these aesthetics so much makes me feel nostalgic and reminds me of childhood

[@salutsal]

thank u :) & thats exactly what I'm going for 💘

[@marasmusine]

What a weird mix of emotions this fills me with! Thank-you!

[@christopherfoy6668]

I was in Hong Kong in the early 2000s. It was still very much the HK of the 90s,that neon,rainy cantonese-only vibe. The handover had happened only six years prior. Its all gone now, most of the business and land owning families have been replaced by ones that control Shanghai. Thats not an accident. Beijing is a very different place. It does not necessarily control every aspect of daily life, because the party line moves so often. I got captured by MSS in Guangzhou in 2006. They told me i had been under surveillance since i crossed over from New Territories (about 36 hours). I was interrogated twice. Once for about 4 hours , again for God knows how many, and then not again. They wanted to know about the Electoral College. I wish i was joking. They let me go a week later without a word. I had to cross to HK illegally. All im gonna say is it was the hardest thing ive ever done.

[@elirestrepo9739]

this is so beautiful, thank u!! it made me feel better just watching it 🫶🏼

[@ANobodysHerstory]

I’ve rewatched this video so many times I love it so much!

[@y2kmedia118]

This masterpiece enriched my life. This is a true piece of art worthy of admiration.

[@alexmarchand1992]

amazing edit, you are very talented!

[@limp6izdick808]

I had to leave Hong Kong in early 2020 due to the protests against the Chinese government, I haven't been back since. This made me reallly miss it and I cried a little I won't lie, thank you, this is beautiful :)

[@sophie1564]

This is absolutely beautifully edited. A true masterpiece that makes me really nostalgic for Hong Kong :( Deserves so many more views!

[@Saeshmedia]

This is great 👍🏻 love the vibes. Well made video. Have a great day 😊

[@alekzuh]

its so well done i love every bit of it

[@fvhloof]

OMFGGGGGGG this is exactly the kind of vlog ive been scouring youtube for >:,D this is the best thing i watched this week! cinematic excellenceeee!!!!!!!❤❤❤ i cant wait to binge your other vlogs lmao

[@salutsal]

thank :)

[@handlename92133]

Holy crap I just stumbled across your vids while watching retro HK stuff, had to check your IG to make sure that it was you! Awesome work!

[@lzxlcosdfnoaskdfsdkcsdkcm]

this inspiring fr, just watched as tears go by as well, please keep it up ill def watch whatever u make for the forseeable future

[@salutsal]

absolutely brilliant film and thank u :))

[@mynameiszer0]

this is so beautiful, I'll be following with excitement

[@FlorasHormones]

this is so beautiful

[@jenniferk1724]

it's very nice of you to combine 2 of my favorites together! and don't call it bad la~ it's beautiful and cute :) add oil sal!

[@salutsal]

aww thank u lol

[@hugomartinsphoto]

This was great! What a combo! 🤩

[@gobi_c]

came across this video and as a student living abroad it makes me miss home a lot

[@leolee4101]

真的好有氛围感。太棒了

[@ianhandsup]

I hope you get to make a film one day, it will be fantastic stuff

[@vamtire]

literally my 2 favourite directors, awesome shot, are these really phone footages??

[@salutsal]

most of these are! several may be the nikon coolpix b500 but it's a pretty ehh camera

[@vamtire]

@@salutsal thank you! Love it

[@averageman1121]

i'll always love Hong Kong with all my heart, this video makes me love Hong Kong even more!

[@itashak]

the vibes are immaculate

[@chany112]

this was beautiful.

[@peterxyz3541]

I’m not strong enough to live in HK. I miss that city

[@AlphaCentauri260]

This was great in its own way! 🔥

[@hajarimloul5716]

wow I felt like I grew up in Hong Kong and these footages brought back some burried memories of my childhood

[@salutsal]

aww thank u :)

[@dorkthoughts7148]

Wow, this is really good

[@mothercityfilm]

beautiful emotions

[@thatbloomer5642]

This is life. More things needed to look like this.

[@feferaw]

我觉得这是一个做的很优美的片段，然我想起来了我在中国的童年回忆。我也好久没有感受的这种deja vu，谢谢你的作品

[@salutsal]

謝謝 😭 omg

[@AndreGurney]

Great stuff

[@YUAN_TAO]

Lovely... Almost reminds me of the Hong Kong that my mother grew up in...😢

[@AgentSmith1902]

10/10 music choice!

[@alanpompas4772]

Beautiful!

[@teenie]

beautiful!

[@zehraok4312]

so pretty💞

[@evertonklein9631]

If you wanted to make it lovely in a creepy, beautiful way, gotta say: You made it right, buddy. Greetings from Brazil

[@user-wf5gl8wk5x]

it's so cool film !! thank a lot !! 그대는 멋진 필름 아티스트가 될 겁니다. 꼭 그렇게 되길 빌어요!! 왕가위의 후예여!

[@salutsal]

thank u so much!!

[@zhongcun]

beautiful city

[@Wissawa.K]

That so cool!!!

[@Will-yi9cg]

delightful

[@aubreyplazasuncle]

this is stunning… may i please ask what camera you used 😮

[@salutsal]

thank u!! both my phone (samsung a32 but its quite inconsistent) and Nikon Coolpix b500 (also not the best for filming, but fits the lower quality aesthetic lol)

[@stinkmeaner8189]

this is nice.

[@mesaescritorio3290]

It's pretty cool tho

[@fucknazguul]

this is so sick

[@chillwildlife3765]

Love from india ... can you upload color grading tutorial???

[@salutsal]

I'm not qualified at ALL haha but thank you! all I really do is toggle the temperature so it's warmer, turn up the green highlights and down the contrast & whites. I grade on premiere pro

[@racletteconsciente3949]

what gear do you use ? ´How do you put this wong kar wai yellow filter?

[@salutsal]

this video was either my phone (Samsung a32) or Nikon coolpix b500. I colorgrade the footage on adobe premiere pro

[@NEXC]

beautiful. how did you color grade it

[@salutsal]

used premiere pro and messed around lol

[@NEXC]

@@salutsalI need to learn it. what were the color settings please.

[@NEXC]

cant seem to figure it out by myself

[@salutsal]

@@NEXC there really aren't settings (i wish there were but genuinely I was just playing with Premiere until it looked right). This below is generally what I try but very reliant on what your shot looks like. Main tips are to increase temperature (warmer), add a bit of tint (greener) for that film-y effect. Turn up saturation. With color curves, I usually push the reds down in the background. Contrast and shadow slightly up for most of it, depending on the shot though as some footage already had nice shadows. Add noise and glow. That's all I rmb for now since I use Davinci Resolve and it's much better as a color grading tool. If you're really struggling I recommend you try the 'color matching' option on Premiere, where you can match the coloring of your footage with an existing shot, eg. a screenshot from a movie with similar tones/values.

[@NEXC]

@@salutsalawesome! appreaciate it kindly !❤

[@davismotomiya6864]

Your new name should be CookinMAMA bc zaaaam🔥🔥

[@salutsal]

GREAT IDEA LEMME GET THE NAME CHANGE PAPERS

[@oliverthomson1856]

i fuck's with it heavily

[@AlgerieHD]

do u have a lut for this Look? :))

[@salutsal]

unfortunately I just fiddled around with the lumetri until it looked right 🥲

[@designbookInc]

Premiere filters here are bleeding my eyes. Its not easy make what Doyle made even after all these years.

[@1panomotion847]

Clean

[@GrandmasterDinnerRoll]

Sickkk

[@muhammedladeed2280]

👌👌👌

[@meltup3668]

I love this, but I feel some classic HK music would be better, the music used in this video just doesn't go well with the scenery.

[@salutsal]

I've always been inspired by the variety of music in wong kar wai's films regardless of where it's from but i get what u mean :) personally I like the 50s 60s music bc it was very present in his own upbringing and influenced me too

[@AlbertusDeLosCorpus]

What do you mean by "bad"?

[@salutsal]

compared to the original guys i guess lol

[@elliot3444]

Cute

[@flowersun777]

可以问下这个bgm吗

[@salutsal]

dream by the pied pipers :)

[@kiIIcams]

meh, bad sound design with a little bit too loud background noise, some shots were shaky and zoom-outs were a bit jarring, color correction too high at parts but ultimately pretty enjoyable with alot of potential, also the shot at 0:59 is stunning overall i give it a hard 6.5/10

[@salutsal]

I put 'really bad short film' in the title for a reason pal I slapped it tgt on a toaster

[@kiIIcams]

@@salutsal you wont escape my criticism. :)

[@salutsal]

​@@kiIIcams nah I ain't. I thrive on criticism bbg

[@grzegorzcaputa]

👍