Signal Fire — Survivor Camp Night Orbit

A 10-second defiant night orbit, 16:9. A survivor camp's signal fire is the only light for miles — the drone circles slowly as faces turn up to the flames and something moves in the dark beyond. 0-3s: the orbit opens on absolute black — then the signal fire blooms into frame, a tall column of flame and sparks. Around it the camp resolves: patched canvas tents, a watchtower built of salvaged cars, vegetable gardens planted in old tires. Faces turn upward to the flames, lit amber. 3-7s: the slow protective orbit continues — a child points up at the drone's running light; an elder feeds the fire with a broken chair leg, sparks spiraling; a cook tends a pot at the fire's edge. The camp's small warm details read clearly against the void: laundry lines, a patched flag, a dog asleep by a tent. 7-10s: the orbit's far side — beyond the fire's circle, absolute dark presses in, and somewhere in it, movement: a shape crossing between two distant trees. The fire flares higher, defiant; the orbit completes, the camp small and glowing in the black. Craft: the tall signal fire; patched tents, the salvaged-car watchtower, tire gardens; the elder, the child, the cook, the dog; the dark treeline beyond. Camera: slow orbital drone move around the camp, low-to-medium height, the fire as the orbit's center. Lighting: firelight amber on faces and canvas against void black; sparks and ember glow; no other light sources. Mood: warm, fragile, defiant. Style: cinematic night aerial, firelight-against-black grade, 10 seconds, 16:9.