Title sequence based on a novel about a terrorist attack that shuts down all electric systems available in the US, making the whole country pitch black in one second. The protagonist is a journalist that travels around the country documenting the hardships and consequences of what life without electricity could look like.
A moth works as an metaphor for humans and how vital light really is to our lives. The sceneries of instinctive panic and despair brought to humans makes us seem like moths chasing any form of light, as we as humans rely on our ability to see things to such a great extent.