Polygon effect

A wide valley collapses into flat planes while the sky stays soft. a wide shot of a green valley collapsing into large flat triangular facets, the hillsides becoming angled planes that each take the afternoon light differently so hard shading breaks run along every ridge, the river becoming a chain of flat shapes, the sky above staying completely smooth and photoreal so the contrast between faceted ground and soft cloud is obvious, a few flat-planed trees standing on the near ridge, slow lateral crane

A wide room where the near half is faceted and the far half smooth. a wide shot of a long gallery room where every surface in the near half is collapsed into flat triangular facets with hard shading breaks between the planes, and the far half of the same room stays smooth and photoreal, the boundary cutting straight across the floor and the walls, a figure walking from the smooth end into the faceted one, locked camera

Fine faceting coarsens step by step until only a few big planes remain. a potted plant on a windowsill breaking into many small flat triangular facets, then the facets merging in visible steps into fewer and larger planes until the whole plant is nine or ten flat shapes with hard shading breaks between them, losing the detail of the leaves with each step while keeping its overall silhouette, locked camera

The triangles blend away and the surface returns to a rounded form. a close shot of a faceted hand held up in a dim workshop, the flat triangular planes softening at their shared edges and blending into one another until the hand is smooth photoreal skin again, the last hard break disappearing across the back of the knuckles, the fingers then flexing once completely smooth and warm under the work lamp, camera holding steady on the hand

A rounded surface breaks into flat triangles with hard shading breaks. a smooth pale marble bust on a plinth in a bright room, its rounded surface collapsing into large flat triangular facets, each plane catching the window light at its own angle so a hard shading break appears along every shared edge, the curve of the cheek becoming four flat planes instead of one sweep, the plinth and the room staying smooth and photoreal, slow push in

Thin bright lines pick out every shared edge of a faceted body. a person standing in a dark room whose body is collapsed into flat triangular facets, thin bright lines picking out every shared edge between the planes so the whole structure reads as a lit wireframe over solid faces, the interiors of the facets holding dark matte tone, the lines flexing and rejoining as the arm lifts, slow lateral drift

A wide shot where a vehicle steps down to a handful of big facets. a wide shot of a parked car in an empty lot breaking into many small flat triangular facets, then the facets merging in visible steps into fewer and larger planes until the car is a dozen flat shapes that still read as a car, each plane taking the low sun at its own angle, the tarmac staying smooth, slow orbit

One side of a subject holds flat planes while the other stays rounded. a close shot of a person in a plain corridor, the left side of the head and shoulder collapsed into flat triangular facets with hard light and dark breaks between the planes, the right side of the same head still smooth and photoreal skin, the boundary running down the centre and holding as they turn slightly so both states catch the same light, locked camera

A wide plaza of faceted figures with glowing edges between the planes. a wide shot of a plaza at dusk where a dozen walking figures are built from flat triangular facets with thin bright lines along every shared edge, the lines visible against the darkening paving so each body reads as lit structure over matte planes, the paving and the benches staying smooth and photoreal, slow push in

A low-poly figure moves and the planes shift with its limbs. a person walking slowly along a beach whose whole body is made of flat triangular facets, the planes holding their positions on the limbs as they swing rather than resetting each frame, hard shading breaks sliding across the chest as the torso turns into the low sun, the wet sand and the sea behind staying smooth and photoreal, camera tracking alongside