Raven transition effect

A wide flock crosses the frame and leaves a different shoreline. a wide shot of a still lake at dawn with mist on the surface, a long flock of dark birds crossing the whole frame left to right at several depths, the nearest passing close enough to blur across the lens and hide the water for a beat, and once they are gone the lake is a wide desert salt pan with the same horizon height, mist replaced by heat shimmer

A flock lifts from a ruined wall and a restored building stands there. a wide shot of a roofless stone ruin in long grass, a flock of dark birds exploding upward off the walls so the wings fill the whole frame from the bottom half upward, and as the last of them leaves the top of frame the ruin is a complete building with a slate roof and glazed windows in the same position, overcast grey turning to warm late sun on the stone

A row of birds takes off and their departure reveals a new place. a vertical shot of a row of dark birds perched along a sagging wire against grey sky, all of them lifting off at once so the frame fills with beating wings from the bottom edge upward, and as the wings thin out the grey sky has become a warm interior with high windows and the wire is gone, the last feathers leaving the top of frame, flat light turning to shafts of gold

Birds spiral through frame and the structure behind them changes. a vertical shot looking up the side of a plain stone tower, a flock of dark birds spiralling up around it so the wings sweep across the lens in overlapping passes, the frame breaking into moving black shapes, and as the spiral rises out of frame the tower has become a tall glass and steel structure at the same angle, grey overcast turning to bright reflected blue

Wings fill the lens at several distances and a night scene remains. a vertical shot of a bare winter field under pale sky, a flock of dark birds crossing the lens from right to left with the nearest wings passing close enough to blur and the furthest still small, the frame almost solid with wings for a beat, and as the last bird clears the field has become a lit stone courtyard at night, cold daylight replaced by warm lamp pools

Wing shadows race across a wall and the wall is different after. a vertical shot of a white plaster wall in strong low sun, the shadows of a passing flock racing across it as fast dark shapes with individual wing beats visible, the shadows massing until the wall is almost fully dark, and as the light returns the wall is rough red brick with ivy on it, the sun angle identical, the flock itself never entering frame

A wide square darkens under wing shadows and another square appears. a wide shot of an empty paved square in hard sun, the shadows of a dense flock sweeping across the stones from one side to the other with each wing beat readable on the ground, the square almost fully shaded for a beat, and as the light comes back it is a wide wooden deck over water with the same sun angle, the birds staying out of frame

A single wing beat covers the lens and hands over the shot. a close vertical shot of a person standing on a flat rooftop, one large dark bird flying straight at the lens and opening its wings so they fill the entire frame in black for a single beat with feather edges catching the light, and as it banks away the same person is standing in a dense pine forest in the same posture, the rooftop gone, hard sky light turning green and dim

One low bird passes the wide lens and the road has changed behind it. a wide shot down an empty two lane road between fields, one large dark bird flying low straight toward the lens and passing right over it with a wing filling the frame in black, and behind it the road is a narrow forest track with the same vanishing point, the bird shrinking away behind camera, hard flat light turning to broken shade

A bird settles on a hand and the setting behind it resets. a vertical shot of an outstretched hand in a bare grey room, a dark bird flying in and beating its wings wide in front of the lens before settling on the wrist, the wings covering the frame during the landing flare, and once it is perched and still the room behind is a book lined study, the same hand and the same bird, cold light replaced by low reading lamps