Xmas magic effect

A wide shot where decoration follows a travelling line across a room. a wide shot of a long bare hall with nothing on the walls, a line of sparkle travelling from the near wall to the far one at walking pace, garland appearing along the picture rail behind it, lanterns setting into the alcoves and ribbons tying themselves at the doorways as the line passes, the far half of the hall still completely bare while the near half is finished, locked wide camera down the hall

Branches, then ornaments, then light, in a wide empty room. a wide shot of an empty room with a bare floor, a trunk rising from a stand in the centre and branches unfolding outward from the bottom up until a full green tree stands there, then ornaments flying in and hooking on across the whole height, then a string of small lights spiralling around the tree from base to tip and catching light as it closes, the empty floor visible at the start, locked wide camera

Cable snakes across a bare ceiling and bulbs light in sequence. a bare kitchen ceiling with nothing on it, a length of dark cable snaking across it from one corner and swagging itself into even loops, small bulbs appearing along the cable at regular spacing as it goes, then each bulb catching light in sequence from the first loop to the last so the warm glow runs across the ceiling, the bare plaster of the far corner still visible, locked camera looking straight up

A wave passes a window and ferns of ice draw themselves on it. a plain front room window with clear dark glass, a soft wave of sparkle crossing the pane from one side to the other, fine ferns and needles of frost drawing themselves onto the glass in its wake and branching outward from the edges of the frame, the unfrosted half of the window still clear while the first half is fully patterned, the warm room light behind catching each new crystal, locked camera square to the glass

Garland follows the palm up a bare handrail. a person walking up a staircase with one hand sliding along a completely bare wooden bannister, a line of fine sparkle travelling a short distance ahead of the palm, thick green garland weaving itself around the rail immediately behind the hand with small warm lights setting into the leaves as it closes, the rail below the hand still bare in the same frame, camera tracking alongside the hand

Ornaments lift off the floor and hold in a spiral with no threads. a scatter of glass baubles lying on the bare floorboards of an empty room, each one lifting slowly off the boards and rising into the air with no thread or hook anywhere in frame, the whole group arranging itself into a wide spiral that fills the room and holding perfectly still, every bauble turning slowly on its own axis and reflecting the window, the floor beneath now empty, slow camera push in through the spiral

A wide room lights outward in a circle from a single gesture. a wide shot of a person standing in the middle of a dark undecorated room and raising one hand above their head, a ring of warm light and sparkle expanding outward from the hand across the floor and the walls, lights, greenery and hanging shapes appearing wherever the ring passes and staying behind it, the corners of the room still dark and bare until the ring reaches them, locked wide camera

A stripped tree fills as baubles arrive from off frame. a completely bare green tree standing in a lounge corner with nothing on it, baubles and small figures flying in from off frame one after another and hooking themselves onto branches, each one swinging on its hook and settling as the branch dips under the weight, the lower branches filling first and the top last, a star shape rising and seating itself at the tip, locked camera on the full height of the tree

A seated person stays still while the room lifts into place. a wide shot of a person sitting still in an armchair in a bare room, decorations lifting off the floor all around them and floating up into position in the air, garland hanging itself between two walls without a fixing, candles rising and lighting at head height, baubles holding in a slow arc above the chair, the person turning their head to watch without moving otherwise, slow crane up over the chair

One finger snap and the shelf fills from the middle outward. a bare stone mantelpiece with a person standing beside it raising a hand, a single finger snap, and the shelf filling from the centre outward in a fast even spread: candles standing up and catching light, greenery laying itself along the edge, knitted stockings appearing on hooks and swinging once, the ends of the shelf still bare while the middle is already full, warm firelight below, locked camera on the mantel