Open moorland, pre-sunrise, pale silver light, low mist over the grass. The falconer is a woman in her 50s, heavy canvas jacket, thick leather gauntlet on her left arm. The bird is a Harris hawk, dark brown, sharp-eyed. Camera always grounded and physical, weight in every shot. Sound: wind across open land, grass movement, wing beats, no score.
Shot 1 (3s): Wide shot of the moorland, flat and vast. A single figure stands motionless in the mist, arm raised, the hawk a dark shape against pale sky circling high above. The camera holds. Nothing moves except the hawk.
Shot 2 (3s): Close on the falconer's face, turned upward, tracking the bird without binoculars. Her expression is completely open, no performance, just attention. The wind moves her hair. Her gauntleted arm stays raised and perfectly still.
Shot 3 (3s): The hawk commits. Tight tracking shot on the bird folding into a stoop, wings pulled back, dropping fast at an angle across the grey sky, the moorland blurring beneath it. Pure physics. The camera struggles to keep it sharp.
Shot 4 (3s): The hawk hits the gauntlet. The falconer absorbs the impact, her whole body takes it, arm dropping slightly with the weight, then rising again. The hawk mantles its wings once, then folds them. She brings it close to her chest. Tight on the bird's eye and her face side by side.
Shot 5 (3s): Wide aerial pulling upward slowly. The moorland extends in every direction, mist beginning to lift as the first light breaks the horizon. The falconer is a small figure in the centre, the hawk on her arm, both completely still. The sky above them opens into pale gold.
falcon
nature
multi-shot
documentary
wildlife
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