Dust on the Rocking Chair — Attic Slow-Push Dread

Grainy 1987 camcorder found-footage short, 8 seconds, 16:9, a flickering white timestamp burning in the lower corner. A dust-choked attic at night: cardboard boxes stacked to the rafters, a dressmaker's mannequin draped in a yellowed sheet, cobwebs strung thick between exposed beams. 0-3 seconds: a handheld camera pans unsteadily across the attic, moonlight slanting through a single round window and catching dust motes drifting in the stale air; the mannequin's sheeted shoulder passes too close to the lens in a brief blur of fabric. 3-6 seconds: the pan slows and the operator begins a deliberate push-in toward a wooden rocking chair in the far corner, half-hidden behind a leaning mirror; the chair sits perfectly still while the bare bulb swinging overhead throws warped shadows across the floorboards. 6-8 seconds: almost imperceptibly, the chair starts to rock, gently at first, then faster, though the cobwebs beside it never stir; the camera holds on the chair as a faint music-box melody fades in from nowhere and the timestamp flickers. Craft: the rocking chair is dark oak with worn armrests and a cane seat sagging in the middle; props include water-stained cardboard boxes, the sheeted mannequin, a cracked hand mirror, and the bare bulb on a frayed cord. Camera: shaky handheld pan transitioning to a slow deliberate push-in, ending in a locked-off hold on the chair; consumer camcorder optics with slight autofocus hunting and mild tracking distortion at the frame edges. Lighting: cold blue moonlight through the round window clashing with one warm swinging bulb, deep shadows pooling between the boxes; high contrast, crushed blacks. Atmosphere: patient, escalating dread. Style: authentic 1987 VHS grain, chroma noise, occasional horizontal tracking lines, 29.97fps interlaced feel, no digital smoothing.