Dynamic flame effect

A wide shot where fire follows a vehicle along its exact line. a wide shot of a car driving slowly across a dark salt flat, a low ribbon of flame trailing behind it along the exact line of its path and holding that line for several car lengths before thinning into embers, the ground ahead of the car cold and dark, the flame lighting the underside of the vehicle warm, camera tracking wide

A wide shot where fire spreads outward from one point in a ring. a wide shot of a stone courtyard at night where a single point at the centre catches and the flame spreads outward from it in a widening circle at a walking pace, the stone inside the burning edge left glowing and the stone outside it still cold and dark, the spreading edge reaching the far walls and stopping there, slow crane up

Fire orbits a standing person in a slow helix without touching them. a person standing still in a black void, a rope of flame orbiting them in a slow rising helix from the ankles to above the head, passing behind the body and then in front of it so the depth of the orbit is clear, the fire lighting one side of the face warm as it passes and leaving the clothing completely unburnt, slow push in

A ball of fire is handed from one palm to the other and holds its shape. a person in a dark room holding a loose ball of flame above one open palm, then passing it slowly across to the other palm, the ball stretching into a bridge of fire between the two hands during the pass and closing back into a ball as it lands, both palms unburnt and lit warm from below, slow push in

Fire follows the exact path of a hand and holds the curve behind it. a dancer in a dark studio sweeping one arm in a wide arc, a ribbon of flame trailing directly behind the hand and holding the curve of the path for a beat before thinning and lifting away as sparks, the flame tapering from bright at the hand to dark orange at the tail, the skin and the sleeve untouched and unburnt, camera holding wide

A moving torch leaves a burning circle that hangs and then falls apart. a hand moving a small torch in one full circle in a dark yard, the flame leaving a complete burning circle hanging in the air that holds its shape for a beat, then breaking at the top and falling apart into drifting embers, no letters or symbols in the shape, the wall behind staying dark and unlit except by the fire itself, locked camera

A wide shot where fire forms a standing arch and then collapses. a wide shot of a narrow footbridge at night where flame rises from both parapets and meets overhead to form a standing arch of fire that holds its shape for a beat, no letters or symbols in it, then breaking in the middle and falling away into embers on the water below, the bridge deck unmarked, locked camera

A single point catches and the flame runs outward along a surface. a long oiled seam running across a cold stone floor in a dark hall, a single point at one end catching and the flame then running steadily along the seam toward camera at a walking pace, the stone ahead of the front edge cold and dark and the stone behind it left glowing, the front edge of the fire clearly readable as it travels, locked camera

A wide shot where flame orbits a pair without touching either. a wide shot of two dancers moving slowly in a black void, a rope of flame orbiting the pair in a wide slow helix that passes behind one and in front of the other, the fire throwing warm light across their faces as it comes round and leaving their clothing completely unburnt, slow lateral track

A directed flame leans and stretches as moving air pushes it sideways. a steady flame standing on a low metal dish on a rooftop at night, gusting air pushing it over so it leans almost flat and stretches into a long directed tongue, then standing upright again as the gust passes, the tip breaking into sparks each time it stretches, the dish and the roof surface staying dark and unmarked, locked camera