El Seguimiento

A bruised orange escapes a tipped crate and rolls down a wet cobbled market lane after rain, under grey afternoon cloud. The camera runs alongside at fruit height, fifteen centimetres above the stones, close enough that the cobble crowns clip the bottom of frame. At second three the orange passes behind a stack of blue plastic crates and is GONE for about half a second; the camera keeps its speed, guesses slightly wrong, and has to find it again on the far side, correcting with a small lateral jerk. In the running register of Andrea Arnold. DIRTY FOREGROUND: puddle spray, a dropped cabbage leaf, and awning drips crossing the lens. 24mm at f/2.8, water beads on the front element, visible barrel distortion, real 24fps. NO drone, NO gimbal glide, NO slow motion.