Christmas card delivered effect

A card on a mantelpiece opens and its printed scene extends across the wall. a wide shot of a plain living room with a folded card standing on the mantelpiece, the card opening on its own and the wordless printed scene inside spreading out past the paper edges across the wall behind it, printed trees becoming full-depth trees at the edge of the room while the sofa and rug stay exactly as they are, fine snow drifting down over the hearth, the camera pulling back slowly to hold both room and scene

A card is slid under a front door and pushed across the tiles from outside. a wide shot of a lit porch on a cold night seen from outside, a gloved hand appearing at the bottom of the frame and sliding a cream card under the front door, the card disappearing into the gap and the letterbox flap tapping once, frost on the step and breath fogging the air, the porch light buzzing, nobody visible above the wrist, the camera locked off low and square to the door

A card standing on a windowsill begins to snow inside its own picture. a folded card standing upright on a windowsill beside a cold pane, its wordless printed cottage scene beginning to move, printed smoke starting to rise from the printed chimney and fine snow starting to fall inside the picture only, the paper edges of the card staying completely still and flat, the sill and window frame around it unchanged, the camera pushing in slowly on the card front

Opening the card lifts a paper scene that keeps growing past the covers. a folded card is opened slowly in front of a dark background and a cut-paper winter scene rises out of the fold, the paper trees and rooftops standing up and then continuing to grow taller than the covers of the card, layer behind layer separating with visible paper thickness, small paper birds turning on the top layer, the card itself held perfectly still, the camera tracking in along the fold line

A card falls onto a doormat and is picked up in the same shot. a brass letter slot in a panelled front door clicks open and a plain cream card in its envelope slides through and falls flat onto a coir doormat, the flap swinging shut behind it, a hand comes into frame and lifts the card so the envelope edge catches the hall light, the doormat bristles springing back where it lay, the camera low on the hall floor and tilting up as the hand rises

Snow from the printed scene drifts out of the open card onto a lap. a person sitting in an armchair holds an open card on their lap, the wordless printed scene inside now snowing, and the snow drifting forward off the paper edge and out into the real room, settling on their sleeve and on the chair arm and melting there, the card still ordinary paper in their hands, warm lamp light in the room, the camera close over their shoulder looking down into the card

A card opened at a cafe table fills the table top with a moving snowscape. a wide shot of two people at a cafe table by a rainy window, one of them opening a cream card, and the wordless printed scene inside unfolding out across the table top as a small moving snowscape between the cups, tiny drifting snow settling on the saucers and the sugar bowl, both faces lit by it while the cafe behind stays ordinary, the camera easing in across the table at eye level

Two hands part a folded card and the printed picture inside gains depth. two hands on a scrubbed kitchen table part a folded cream card, the fold creaking as it opens flat, and the wordless printed winter scene inside stops looking flat and gains depth, the printed trees standing away from the paper and the printed sky darkening to evening, ink edges softening into real texture, morning light across the table, the camera directly overhead and pushing slowly down into the opening card

A long table of cream envelopes where one opens itself and starts to glow. a wide shot of a long wooden sorting table covered in cream envelopes under hanging bulbs, one envelope near the middle opening by itself, the card sliding out and standing up on its fold, and the wordless printed scene inside beginning to move and cast a soft light across the envelopes around it, the rest of the table dark and still, the camera drifting slowly along the table towards the lit card

A hand sorts a pile of plain envelopes and the festive one stands out. a hand sorts a stack of plain white envelopes on an office desk, flicking them down one by one, and stops at a thicker cream envelope which is lifted clear of the pile, the desk lamp raking across the embossed border as it turns, the discarded envelopes settling behind it, a thumb sliding under the flap and beginning to tear it open, the camera close and slightly angled above the desk