Style:
Photorealistic, POV Urban Rescue, High Stakes Thriller, Dark and Gritty, Viral Social Media Footage, GoPro/Action Camera Aesthetic.
Cinematography:
First-Person Perspective (POV) with a fisheye lens. The camera is handheld and frantic, covered in rain droplets. The lighting is low and moody, contrasting the grey daylight above with the pitch-black void of the open manhole.
Scene:
A flooded city street during a torrential downpour. In the middle of the road, a heavy iron manhole cover has been removed, revealing a dark, vertical drop into the sewer system. Standing next to it is an elderly man in a yellow raincoat, holding a leash that leads into the hole.
Actions:
The elderly man rushes to the camera (rescuer), his face wet with rain and panic. He grabs the rescuer’s arm and screams over the sound of the rain, "Please help! My dog slipped in! He's trapped in the sewer!" violently pointing at the open hole. The camera looks down into the darkness, sees rushing water, and immediately jumps feet-first into the vertical shaft, sliding down the metal ladder rungs with extreme speed.
Background Sound:
The heavy pounding of rain on asphalt. The distant honking of cars. The elderly man’s terrified voice cracking ("He's going to drown!"). The metallic clanging of the ladder rungs as the rescuer slides down.