Style:
Photorealistic, POV Rescue Footage, Tense Atmospheric Thriller, Viral Social Media Video, Grey and Desaturated, GoPro/Action Camera Aesthetic.
Cinematography:
First-Person Perspective (POV) with a wide-angle lens. The camera shakes rhythmically with the running motion. The lens is splattered with specks of grey mud. The lighting is overcast and gloomy, with the tide rapidly coming in from the horizon.
Scene:
A vast, flat, and treacherous coastal estuary at low tide. The mud is deep, grey, and sticky. In the distance, the ocean is rushing back in. On the solid grassy bank, an elderly man with a walking stick and a flat cap is waving his arms desperately.
Actions:
The elderly man grabs the camera (rescuer) by the arm, his face pale with terror. He points with his cane toward a small black dot far out in the sinking mud. He screams, "Please help! My dog is stuck in the quicksand! The tide is coming!" The camera immediately turns away from the man and sprints into the thick, wet mud, boots making loud squelching sounds as the rescuer struggles to run towards the horizon.
Background Sound:
The howling coastal wind. The cry of seagulls. The wet, sucking sound of boots hitting deep mud. The elderly man’s desperate yell ("He's going to drown!").