Gender swap effect

One person at a table changes read while the untouched room stays as a reference. a wide shot of an adult sitting alone at a long cafe table in flat window light, the face changing read across the clip, the jaw softening and the hair lengthening, while the cup, the chair, the coat on the back of it and the people passing outside the window stay exactly the same, giving the frame an untouched reference beside the change, slow lateral camera drift

A walking figure changes read mid-stride without breaking pace. a wide shot of an adult walking toward camera along a plain concrete corridor, a soft line crosses them at the waist and rises, and above the line the shoulders narrow, the jaw softens and the hair lengthens while the stride, the clothes and the ceiling lights never change, the walk continuing at the same pace once the change has finished, camera tracking backward

The reflection in a mirror carries the swapped face while the person does not. an adult leans toward a bathroom mirror under a bare strip light, the face in the room stays a broad masculine read, and the face in the reflection changes to a narrower jaw, softer brow and longer hair, the two versions blinking and turning in sync so the mismatch between the person and the reflection is the whole shot, tiles and towel unchanged, camera over the shoulder

A seated subject changes read between two flashes in a booth. an adult sits on the stool of a small photo booth facing the lens, a flash fires and between that flash and the next one the face changes read, the jaw narrowing, the brow softening and the hair lengthening, the curtain, the stool height and the posture identical before and after so the two frames differ only in the face, harsh frontal booth light, locked camera

A soft vertical line crosses the face and leaves changed features behind it. a close portrait of an adult facing camera against a plain studio wall, a soft bright line sweeps slowly down the face from the forehead, and behind the line the jaw narrows, the brow softens and the hairline lengthens into a feminine read while the part of the face ahead of the line stays broad and masculine, the collar, the framing and the flat light never changing, locked camera at eye level

A face changes gradually with no line or cut, only a steady blend. a medium portrait of an adult standing on a plain doorstep in overcast light, the features change gradually with no wipe and no cut, the jaw softening, the neck narrowing and the hair growing past the shoulders across the whole clip while the coat, the doorframe and the grey daylight stay exactly the same, the head turning slightly once so the change reads in profile too, static camera

A stage light splits a face into two reads that meet at the centre. a wide shot of an adult standing centre stage under two soft side lights, the left half of the face carrying a heavy jaw and short hair and the right half changing to a narrow jaw and long hair, the two reads meeting down the nose and holding together for the whole clip, the suit, the stage floor and the darkness behind unchanged, slow push in to a medium

The left half stays masculine while the right half settles into a feminine read. a tight symmetrical portrait of an adult in a plain grey sweater in a bare corridor, the right half of the face slowly changes to a softer jaw, fuller brow and longer hair while the left half stays a heavy jaw and short crop, both halves held in the same frame at the same time so the two reads meet down the centre line, the eyes staying steady on camera, slow push in

A shop window divides the same person into both reads at once. a wide shot of an adult standing at a dark shop window at night, the person on the left of frame holding a masculine read and the reflection on the right of frame holding a feminine read of the same face, both moving in sync as the head turns, the street, the coat and the window frame identical on both sides so the face is the only difference, locked camera

The swap runs the other direction, softer features squaring up. a close portrait of an adult with long hair against a dark plain backdrop, a soft line sweeps up from the collar and behind it the jaw squares, the brow heavies, stubble appears along the chin and the hair shortens to a crop, the front of the face ahead of the line staying soft so both reads sit in frame together, the backdrop and the single side light unchanged, slow tilt up