Christmas tree pet effect

A wide room with a bare tree stand where a dog sits and gets decorated instead. a wide shot of a plain living room with an empty tree stand on the floor and no tree, a large calm dog walking into the stand and sitting down in it, then lights winding up around it, baubles settling into its coat and a star lowering onto its head in sequence until it fills the shape a tree would fill, the gifts and rug around the stand unchanged, the camera pulling back slowly through the whole sequence

A long garland leaves the beam it is hung from and wraps a dog by the fire. a wide shot of a log cabin room with a lit garland strung along a ceiling beam, one end of the garland lifting free and travelling down to wind twice around a dog lying in front of the fire, the bulbs on that section brightening as they settle into its coat, the rest of the garland still hanging from the beam, firelight across the floorboards, the camera holding wide while the garland crosses the room

A folded paper star descends and comes to rest between two upright ears. a young rabbit sitting on a kitchen chair with both ears up, a folded paper star descending slowly from above and coming to rest balanced between the ears, the ears twitching once as it touches and then settling to hold it level, a faint shadow of the star falling across the rabbit face, plain kitchen light, nothing else in the frame moving, the camera holding still at the chair height

Two small ornaments hook onto a standing cat ears and swing to a stop. a short-haired tabby standing on a conservatory table with both ears up, two small round ornaments swinging in from the sides and hooking gently over the ear tips, each one swinging twice and then hanging still, the ears rotating slowly to track a sound with the ornaments moving with them, late afternoon glasshouse light behind, plants still, the camera square on at table height

A light string spirals up a sitting dog and turns on from the bottom. a calm golden dog sitting square on a living room rug, a string of small warm bulbs rising off the floor and winding in a slow spiral up around its chest and shoulders, each bulb lighting in turn from the bottom so the glow climbs the animal, the fur lifting slightly where the wire settles, the dog blinking and keeping still, the rest of the rug and room unchanged, the camera low at the dog height and easing in

A sitting dog coat shifts from fur to dense fir needles from the paws upward. a calm dark dog sitting at the foot of a staircase, its coat changing from fur into dense green fir needles from the paws upward, the texture travelling up the legs and body in a clear line while the face stays entirely dog and entirely still, needle tips catching the hall light, a faint pine scent shown as a drift of dust, the stairs and banister unchanged, the camera tilting up with the line as it climbs

In a wide workshop a hanging topper descends and settles on a seated cat. a wide shot of a woodworking bench in a dim workshop, a large tin star hanging on a chain above it lowering steadily until it rests over the head of a cat sitting on the bench, the chain going slack, the star catching the single work light and throwing points of light across the tools and the far wall, the cat holding still and blinking, the camera easing in along the bench

Small ornaments drift down and nest into a cat coat without pressing it flat. a long-haired grey cat sitting upright in a window bay, small matte baubles drifting slowly down out of frame above and nesting one by one into the thick fur of its back and ruff, each one sinking just far enough to hold and rocking to a stop, the fur parting around them and closing again, the cat flicking an ear but not moving, cold window light from the side, the camera level and pushing in slowly

On a dusk lawn baubles fall around a sitting dog and only the ones on it stay. a wide shot of a garden lawn at dusk with a dog sitting in the middle, dozens of small baubles falling slowly out of the sky, the ones that miss bouncing once on the grass and rolling to a stop while the ones that land on the dog stay nested in its coat, the dog lifting its head to watch them come down, the hedge and shed behind unchanged, the camera locked off wide and low

A fine garland coils around a small pet and a ribbon ties itself at the front. a guinea pig sitting on a folded blanket on a bed, a fine silver garland uncoiling across the blanket and looping twice around its middle, the loose end rising to tie itself into a soft bow at the front, the garland resting lightly without pressing the fur down, the animal chewing steadily through the whole thing, soft bedside lamp light, the camera close and slightly above looking down