FIRST ATTACK

0s–2s (HOOK — FIRST ATTACK) Camera already outside on a wooden porch deck. A MASSIVE HIPPO lunges up from the water edge — jaws snapping inches from someone backing away. Wood shakes violently. Camera jerks sideways — too close. 2s–5s The person stumbles across the porch, trying to reach the door. The hippo surges forward again — then suddenly DROPS back into the water. Gone. Too fast. That’s worse. 5s–8s (FALSE ESCAPE) Camera rushes toward the door. Grabs handle — stuck for half a second. Inside visible through gaps — safe space. Behind — Water is moving again. Fast. 8s–11s (BREACH FROM BELOW) Before the door fully opens — FLOOR beneath porch BULGES upward. Wood cracks. Water sprays through gaps. A huge shape pushes from below — lifting part of the structure. Camera loses footing. 11s–14s (SECOND ATTACK — FULL COMMIT) The hippo BURSTS upward through the porch boards — full head and shoulders breaking through. Wood explodes. Camera gets thrown backward toward edge. The attack is upward now — not from front. 14s–15s (PAYOFF) Camera falls off the porch into muddy water. Submerged for a split second. Brown chaos. Cut. Key Visual Hook A hippo already lunging onto the porch in frame one, followed by it disappearing and attacking again from BELOW.