Crane up

The prompt

Scene paragraph A colossal ancient moss-covered tree in a misty rainforest, photoreal fantasy adventure. A rope ladder hangs down its huge trunk. High above, wooden huts with smoking chimneys stand on platforms in the canopy; far below, giant roots spread over the forest floor beside a small camp with a green tent. A young woman explorer in a khaki shirt with a small backpack climbs the rope ladder. Soft misty light with shafts of sun. Live-action footage shot on 35mm film, real people, natural skin and textures.

The shot opens in mid-air halfway up the trunk, level with the explorer on the ladder, the camera on a long crane arm rising up and swinging out away from the tree from the first second. 0–2s: she climbs as the crane begins to rise. 2–4s: the camera rises past her and moves out from the trunk into open air. 4–6s: it rises above the huts and the top of the canopy. 6–8s: it settles high above the treetops, the misty rainforest stretching to distant mountains and the great tree with its huts small below. Throughout: a smooth rising crane move into open space, one continuous take.