In a dark, stormy night, on a deserted city street, a private detective sits in his parked car under a flickering streetlight, poring over a paper map. The car sits to the side in the frame, giving a sense of isolation in the empty space left around it. Lighting is low, mainly just the incandescent light from the overhead lamp and the occasional flash of lightning, casting long, dramatic shadows and deep contrasts. The colors are muted – dark blues and grays of the stormy night, the rusty orange of the streetlight. The camera is positioned at a low angle, looking directly at the man through the windshield making him appear large and imposing. The scene is devoid of any extraneous motion, amplifying the importance of his actions. He uses the map to enact the next steps of his investigation, placing markers on key locations, his face drawn in intense focus.