Halloween cosplay effect

A wide room where two people turn together and finish in matched costumes. a wide shot of a plain living room where two people in ordinary jeans and shirts turn on the spot at the same time, both coming round in matched costumes, one a caped night visitor with a high collar and one a painted skeleton with a rib cage inked onto a black bodysuit, the sofa, rug and lamp identical before and after, both faces the same and recognisable, the camera holding wide and still

A wide street where the costume assembles piece by piece on a walking figure. a wide shot down a lamp-lit residential street, a person walking towards camera in a hoodie, the costume building on them as they walk, first the hem lengthening into a ragged black gown, then a hood rising over their head, then a lantern appearing in their hand and lighting, each piece arriving between steps without breaking their stride, parked cars and hedges unchanged, the camera dollying back ahead of them

A denim jacket becomes sacking with straw working out of the seams. a person on a stairwell landing in a denim jacket, the denim fading and coarsening into rough sacking, stitched patches appearing at the elbows and straw pushing out through the cuffs and collar a few strands at a time, a length of rope tying itself at the waist, their face bare and calm and their stance unchanged, dust lifting off the fabric as it changes, the camera holding at chest height and easing in

A single turn on the spot finishes as a long-beaked plague doctor figure. a person in a puffer jacket standing at a garden gate, they turn once on the spot and come back round wearing a long waxed coat, wide brimmed hat, gloves and a long beaked leather mask, the jacket gone completely, the gate, hedge and street light identical before and after the turn, their height and stance the same, the coat settling as they stop, the camera static and level with their chest

Black and white paint travels over a face while the eyes stay untouched. a person looking into a bathroom mirror in a plain white tee, black and white skeleton paint spreading across their face from the bridge of the nose outward, the jaw lines and eye sockets filling in as it travels, their own eyes and expression staying completely untouched and steady in the mirror, the tiles, taps and lighting unchanged, the shirt still plain, the camera looking over their shoulder at the reflection

A shirt sleeve unravels into linen bandages that wrap the arm and torso. a person standing in a front doorway in a rolled-sleeve shirt, the cuff at one wrist unravelling into a long strip of aged linen that winds up the forearm, over the shoulder and across the chest in overlapping turns, the shirt disappearing under the wrapping as it goes, dust falling from each new layer, their face left clear and their eyes on camera, the porch light unchanged, the camera close and tracking the wrap upward

A wide dusk car park where paint spreads over a face under open sky. a wide shot of an empty car park at dusk with a person standing alone under open sky, white and grey paint spreading up over their neck and face in a cracked porcelain pattern while their coat stays completely ordinary, the paint reaching the hairline and stopping, their eyes and mouth left clear and moving normally, the sodium light and puddles unchanged, the camera pushing in slowly from a distance

A jumper darkens into a high-collared cape that unfurls to the floor. a person standing in a plain bedroom in a grey jumper, the knit at their shoulders darkening and stiffening into a high stand collar, then a long black cape unrolling from the collar down their back and settling to the floor, the jumper cuffs turning to buttoned silk sleeves as the cape passes, their face, hair and posture unchanged throughout, the lamp light on the fabric shifting from wool to satin, the camera slowly orbiting behind them

A wide hall where a passing sheet changes one person in a line of three. a wide shot of a bare community hall with three people standing in a line in ordinary clothes, a white sheet carried quickly across the frame in front of the middle one, and behind its trailing edge only that middle person now in a full scarecrow costume of sacking, straw and rope, the two either side still in their own clothes for comparison, the hall floor and windows unchanged, the camera locked off wide

A cloth passes across frame and the outfit behind it is a stitched rag doll. a person standing in a lift in a plain coat, a dark cloth sweeping across the frame in front of them from left to right at arm height, and behind the trailing edge the coat already replaced by a patchwork rag doll pinafore with visible stitching, wool plaits and round painted cheeks, the lift panel, handrail and ceiling light identical on both sides of the sweep, the camera locked off square to the mirror wall