Sin City Still Project

I recently got a lighting assignment to recreate a still from a film. I chose "Sin City". Here is the original shot from the film:

I thought this would be one hell of a hard still to reproduce. So naturally I chose it and stressed out about it for a good week. I got some excellent actors (Michael Nyman, and Julia Glasso), threw some lights up, and here's what I came up with:

Pretty good I think. It isn't identical. All of the background is hand painted in photoshop (but not the girl, she is physically lit). I think it was a pretty successful attempt in regards to that. I added my own style to it and I like it a lot more than the original. I think it stands better on it's own as a photograph now. I wanted to add some tone to his face. You can see the progression and my setup in the current. There are two separate images. One is a hard light version and one is a soft light version. Enjoy!

I got a really good feel for this noir style of lighting and will try it again on my Final.