Style:
Photorealistic, POV Disaster Footage, Hurricane Aftermath, Viral Social Media Video, Wet and Chaotic, GoPro/Action Camera Aesthetic.
Cinematography:
First-Person Perspective (POV) from a rescue boat (Zodiac). The camera bobs violently with the waves. Rain batters the lens, causing blurs and distortions. The lighting is flat and grey, typical of a storm, with brown, murky floodwater dominating the color palette.
Scene:
A submerged suburban street. Only the rooftops of houses are visible above the rushing brown water. On a shingled roof in the foreground, a soaked teenage girl (about 14 years old) is clinging to a chimney, shivering violently.
Actions:
The boat pulls up close to the roof. The teenage girl crawls toward the edge, crying hysterically. She points downstream at a floating wooden door being swept away by the current. She screams, "Please help! My kitten is on that door! She's drowning!" The camera (rescuer) immediately dives off the side of the boat into the chest-deep, fast-moving water, splashing heavily and fighting the current to chase the debris.
Background Sound:
The roar of rushing water and heavy rain. The hum of the boat engine. The girl’s piercing scream ("She's drifting away! Hurry!"). The sound of the rescuer gasping for air upon hitting the cold water.