Tier by Tier — Descending a Terraced Cascade

Aerial nature film, 14 seconds, 16:9 — a drone descends a terraced travertine cascade tier by tier, each turquoise pool spilling over white rims into the next. 0-3s: The cascade fills the frame from above: a hillside staircase of turquoise pools, white travertine rims glowing in the sun; the drone hovers at the top tier, bathers' laughter drifting up faintly. 3-7s: The stepped descent begins — the drone drops to the second tier and pauses, the pool's turquoise deepening at its center, water lipping over the rim in a glassy sheet; then the third tier, where a swimmer floats motionless, arms spread. 7-10s: Tier by tier down the hillside, each pool a slightly different blue, the travertine rims bright as bone; the drone pauses at a tier where water fans over a wide rim in a thin curtain, rainbows flickering in the spray. 10-14s: The final tier drops away into the river below in a last white spill; the drone follows the water down and pulls back to reveal the whole staircase — every tier, every blue — the hillside breathing water. Craft: subject — the travertine terraces, the turquoise pools, the bathers, the river; pure landscape. Camera: stepped descent matching the terraces, pausing at each pool, final pullback reveal; stabilized 4K, 24fps. Lighting: full sun on the turquoise, the travertine glowing white, sparkle on the spillways. Atmosphere: paradisiacal, stepped, serene — water as architecture. Style: vivid 4K nature cinema, turquoise saturation, crisp white rims, luminous grade.