Product research- Dark city (1998)

                                         

I found this shot really interesting. This is  because not only can we see the body of the woman and how she was brutally murdered, we can also see John Murdoch in the dark, which may imply that he is up to something mysterious. It could also be depicted that he is clueless of what is going on, as previously, we see his confusion when he wakes up in the bath. I could use this by applying different lighting in the the same shot, to tell the same story in different ways (as shown in this shot).  




During this shot, there is a cross-cut between John Murdoch and the "doctor". This puts the audience in the shoes of John as this fast pace editing creates an atmosphere of confusion and rush. This links to John Murdoch's thoughts and feelings because we are shown that he is clueless of what is going on. The lighting of this shot is intriguing because the darkness covers half of his face. This could resemble him hiding half of his identity or not knowing who he really is. It also adds to the mysteriousness of how he is being portrayed in the opening scene of Dark City.

I really like the background of this title sequence, especially because we see the spiral-like pattern cut on the woman later on in the opening sequence. I also really like the way its from "Mystery Clock" Production, which relates a lot to the film, because Dark City is about the mystery of John Murdoch, and as we see later in the opening sequence, we see that at 12 o'clock, everyone is apparently asleep in the hotel and we are only shown that only John and the "doctor" he was on the phone to was awake.