Diamond effect

A wide shot where a whole figure becomes faceted and lights the room. a wide shot of a plain unmarked stone statue in an empty hall with one high window, the stone going clear from the feet upward as facets cut across the legs, torso and head, the daylight beginning to pass through and split so bright caustics crawl across the floor and the far wall as the change climbs, the hall and the window light unchanged, slow camera push in

A row of trees turns clear and faceted while the grass stays ordinary. a wide shot of a short row of fruit trees in low side sun, the trunks, branches and hanging fruit going clear and faceted one tree at a time, flat planes cutting along every limb, the low sun passing through and throwing long sharp bands of bright light across the ordinary green grass below, the grass and sky unchanged, slow lateral tracking camera

A crystal head turns and drags bright light patterns over the wall. a faceted clear crystal bust of an adult stands on a plinth in a dark room with one narrow hard light, the bust turning slowly on the plinth so the light entering the facets splits and throws moving patterns of bright caustics across the wall behind and the floor below, the patterns sharpening and sliding as the angle changes, the room otherwise black, slow camera drift

Poured water hardens mid-fall into a clear faceted column. water pours from a jug into a glass on a slate counter in cool light, and the falling stream hardens mid-air into clear faceted crystal from the bottom of the pour upward, flat planes cutting along the column, the surface of the water in the glass setting into facets too, the light through the frozen stream throwing bright lines across the slate, close camera

Soft fruit hardens into faceted crystal from the base upward. a ripe pear stands on a dark polished table under one hard lamp, the skin going clear from the base upward as flat facets cut into the surface one by one, each new facet catching the lamp and splitting the light into thin rainbow edges, the finished crystal pear throwing sharp bright caustics across the wood around it, the table and the lamp unchanged, close camera

A row of apples where only one becomes clear faceted crystal. four apples sit in a row on a pale marble counter in flat daylight, the third from the left going clear as facets cut into its surface until it is a faceted crystal apple that bends the counter edge visible through it, the other three staying matte red and completely still beside it, a small bright caustic appearing on the marble under the crystal one only, close side camera

A wide pair where one chair is faceted crystal and one stays wooden. a wide shot of two identical wooden chairs standing side by side in an empty room with a hard window light, the left chair going clear as facets cut along its legs, seat and back until the wall is visible bent through it, the right chair staying plain matte wood, a bright caustic patch appearing on the floorboards under the crystal chair alone, locked wide camera

A held hand hardens to clear faceted crystal from the fingertips back. an open hand rests palm up on a dark cloth in hard side light, the fingertips going clear and faceted first, the change travelling back along each finger and across the palm as flat planes cut in, the light bending through the thickening crystal and laying a bright patch on the cloth below, the wrist and sleeve above staying ordinary skin and fabric, close camera holding still

Plates, cutlery and fruit on a table turn to faceted stones. a wide shot of a laid dining table in warm lamp light where the plates, the cutlery and the bowl of fruit all turn to faceted clear crystal in turn, planes cutting across each object and the colour draining to clear, small hard stars of light landing on the tablecloth under each one, the cloth, chairs and lamp staying entirely ordinary, slow crane down over the table

A plain metal band grows into a single faceted stone. a plain unmarked metal band lies on a black velvet tray under a hard spotlight, the band brightening and swelling upward into a single large faceted stone, flat planes cutting across it as it grows, the interior filling with white sparkle and thin rainbow flashes at the edges, a hard star of light landing on the velvet beside it, the tray and spotlight unchanged, macro camera