Fireplace Ash Footprints — Winter Cabin Horror

An 8-second 16:9 found-footage horror beat: footprints in the fireplace ash of a remote log cabin, mid-blizzard, night. The scene opens on the stone fireplace gone cold, ash spilling onto the hearth, the beam of a phone flashlight sweeping across it — and in the ash, footprints: bare, too long, each toe distinct, leading away from the fireplace across the wooden floor. 0-3s: The camera follows the prints past the kitchen, the flashlight beam jittering, the prints climbing the base of the stairs; each step up, the ash grows darker, fresher, the tread marks sharper, the blizzard howling against the windows. 3-6s: The camera climbs the stairs behind the beam, the prints ending at the top where the bedroom door stands open; the beam sweeps the bed — the blanket pulled back, the pillow bearing the deep imprint of a head, still warm-looking. 6-8s: The flashlight whips back to the footprints at the bedside — and one fresh print has appeared closer to the camera than before, ash still settling. Subject and craft: log cabin interior, stone fireplace, ash footprints, wooden stairs, disturbed bed, blizzard windows. Camera: handheld phone-flashlight perspective, following the trail, whip-pan to the fresh print. Lighting: harsh phone-flashlight on wood and ash, cold blue window-light, deep shadow pockets. Mood: isolation dread, the intruder already inside. Style: found-footage realism, cold color grade, photorealistic.