New Year party hat effect

Five dogs on a bench, hats arriving from one end to the other. a wide shot of five dogs of different sizes sitting along a hallway bench with bare heads, paper cone hats appearing from the left end to the right end in an even rhythm, each one sized to its own head and set at a different angle, each dog reacting a beat later with a head tilt or an ear flick, the last two heads still bare while the first three are hatted, locked wide camera square to the bench

Two heads, two cones, both landing on the same frame. a wide shot of a person kneeling on a kitchen floor beside a large dog, both heads bare, and on one frame a paper cone hat appears on each of them at the same moment, the human hat sitting straight and the dog hat tilted behind the ears, both elastics visible under the chins, the two of them turning to look at each other a beat after, flat daylight from a side window, locked wide camera

Hats arrive along a row, one animal at a time. three cats sitting in a row along the back of a sofa with nothing on their heads, a paper cone hat appearing on the nearest one first, then on the middle one, then on the far one, each hat landing at its own angle and each cat reacting a beat after it arrives with an ear flick or a small backward lean, the empty heads clearly visible before each hat lands, camera panning slowly along the row

A sheet folds itself into a cone above a puppy and drops on. a puppy curled in a wicker basket beside a radiator with nothing on its head, a flat sheet of patterned paper hovering above it and folding itself into a cone in the air, the seam closing and a thin elastic threading through the brim, then the finished hat dropping the last short distance onto the head and settling at a tilt, the puppy raising its eyebrows and staying put, warm low light, slow push in

Bare fur first, then a tilted paper hat with an elastic under the chin. a medium sized dog sitting square on a plain living room rug with nothing on its head, a small striped paper cone hat appearing tilted on the fur between the ears with a thin elastic running down under the chin, the fur pressing flat where the brim sits and the elastic denting the cheek, the dog blinking and flicking one ear while the hat stays exactly where it landed, soft window light, locked camera at head height

A full body shake and the cone rides it out on the elastic. a dog standing on a garden lawn wearing a paper cone hat, breaking into a full body shake that ripples from the shoulders to the tail, the hat swinging hard on its elastic and lifting off the fur at the top of the shake before settling back onto the head at a new angle, loose fur and a little dust coming off in the light, the hat never leaving the dog, handheld camera low on the grass

Paper spirals together in mid-air above a head and lands as a hat. a wide shot of a large dog standing in a barn doorway with bright field light behind it, strips of patterned paper drifting into frame above the head and spiralling together into a tall cone hat in the air, the finished shape pausing, then lowering onto the head between the ears and settling at a slight tilt with the elastic snapping under the chin, the dog holding still and then looking up, slow dolly in

The head turns a long way and the hat leans with it. a cat sitting on a windowsill already wearing a plain paper cone hat pinned at an angle behind one ear, the cat turning its head slowly through a wide arc to follow something off frame, the hat leaning with the head and swinging slightly on the elastic as the turn stops, the point of the cone catching the window light at the far end of the move, the fur under the brim staying pressed flat, locked camera in profile

A paw reaches up, knocks the cone askew, and the hat holds on. a wide shot of a cat sitting in the middle of an empty sunroom wearing a paper cone hat, one paw reaching up and hooking the brim, dragging the hat sideways until it hangs off one ear, the elastic stretching and pulling it back toward the top of the head when the paw lets go, the cone ending up crooked and still on, dust in the low sun across the floor, locked wide camera at cat height

A cone lifts off a human head and settles on a bird on its perch. a person standing beside a wooden perch by a bookshelf wearing a paper cone hat, the hat lifting straight off their head and travelling across the gap to settle neatly on the head of a parrot on the perch, the bird ducking and then straightening with the cone balanced between its crest feathers, the human head now bare in the same frame for comparison, warm lamp light, locked camera on the two heads