In a futuristic city engulfed in neon lights, there’s a club in a narrow alley. As our camera pulls back to a medium shot, a massive sculpture of a dicynodont, a prehistoric creature similar to a hippopotamus, is revealed. The beat of jazzy music reverberates through the streets, and the dicynodont’s eyes flicker with changing colors synchronized with the beat. The sculpture is the main subject, carefully framed to take up most of the space. Key light gleams off its metal surface, casting sharp shadows onto the unsuspecting club-goers.
In this deep urban labyrinth, small particles or precipitants, maybe snow or ash, start descending from the nighttime sky, caught in the club’s bright, flickering lights. The precipitants create a complex depth of the field, adding a dreamy, almost unreal quality to the scene. The shot is balanced by the narrow city buildings towering beyond the sculpture on either side. They are defocused to create a perspective the club-goers are dwarfed by the size of the music-infused metal monster. High angle reveals the crowded nightlife and simultaneously the loneliness of this bustling world. As the camera tracks slowly to reveal the city’s panorama, the jazz music merges with the ambient sounds of this futuristic arena.