Zombie patient effect

A wide empty ward where one of the figures rises. a wide shot down a derelict clinic ward with two rows of empty gurneys and one figure in a pale gown lying still on the nearest, their skin greying and cheeks hollowing, then the torso rising upright in one slow even movement without the arms pushing while every other gurney stays empty, dust turning in the light from a broken window, locked wide camera

The gait breaks down over the length of a wide corridor shot. a wide shot down a long derelict clinic corridor lit by two surviving ceiling tubes, a figure in a pale gown walking toward camera from the far end with an ordinary even walk that shortens and collapses into a dragging uneven shuffle over the length of the corridor, one foot scuffing, the shoulders rolling forward, the corridor otherwise empty, locked wide camera

An even walk collapses into a dragging, uneven shuffle. a figure in a plain pale gown walking toward camera down a derelict clinic corridor with an ordinary even walk, their skin greying and their shoulders dropping forward as they come, the steps shortening and turning into a dragging uneven shuffle with one foot scuffing the floor, the head low and the arms hanging loose, peeling paint and dead tube lights on both sides, camera tracking backwards ahead

A slumped figure straightens up and stands under stuttering light. a figure slumped in a plastic waiting-room chair in a derelict clinic with a stuttering ceiling tube overhead, their skin already grey and their cheeks hollow, the head lifting first and then the whole body straightening and rising to stand in one slow continuous movement, the chair rocking slightly as they leave it, rows of empty chairs around them, camera low and slightly to one side

A still body rises in one slow movement without using its arms. a figure in a plain pale gown lying completely still on a gurney in a derelict clinic room, the skin greying and the cheeks hollowing as the shot holds, then the whole torso rising upright in one slow even movement without the arms pushing, the head turning last toward camera with dark-ringed eyes and a flat expression, a bent drip stand beside the gurney unmoving, camera locked at gurney height

A grey palm flattens on a door pane, the face arriving behind it. a close shot of a wire-reinforced glass pane in a plain clinic door in dim light, a hand with grey skin and dark nails rising into frame and flattening against the glass, then a face with hollow cheeks and dark-ringed eyes leaning in slowly behind it until it is close enough to fog the pane, the glass smeared with dust, the movement unhurried, camera holding on the pane

A wide shot where colour drains from a whole room and its occupant. a wide shot of a small derelict clinic room lit by one failing ceiling tube with a figure seated on the edge of a gurney, the colour draining out of the whole frame toward a cold grey while the figure's cheeks hollow and dark rings form around their eyes, the stutter of the tube timed with the change, nothing else in the room moving, locked wide camera

Grey spreads across the face in time with the flickering light. a tight close shot of a face lit from directly above by a failing fluorescent tube, the skin losing all colour to a flat grey, the cheeks and temples hollowing inward and dark rings deepening around the eyes, the whites of the eyes clouding as the light stutters, no blood and no wounds anywhere, the head resting completely still on a thin pillow, locked close camera

Several grey palms press against a wide wire-glass double door. a wide shot of a wide wire-reinforced glass double door in a derelict clinic seen from the dim corridor inside, several grey hands rising one after another and flattening against the panes from the far side, faces with hollow cheeks and dark-ringed eyes leaning in behind them, the glass fogging where they breathe on it, no damage to the door, locked wide camera

The reflected face changes while the figure stays still. a figure in a plain pale gown standing at a dark clinic window at night, their reflection clear in the glass, the reflected face greying and the cheeks hollowing with dark rings forming around the eyes while the figure itself stands motionless, then the real face matching the reflection a beat later, the corridor behind them dim and empty, camera over the shoulder