Explode effect

A wide shot where one stall explodes and the neighbouring stalls stay still. a wide shot of an outdoor market at dawn, one wooden fruit stall bursting apart in a single fast burst that throws crates and fruit outward across the empty square, while the stalls to either side stay completely intact and untouched, the fragments tumbling and rolling to a stop on the paving, the sky and the light unchanged, locked camera

A wide orbit around fragments hanging still in the shape of a crate. a wide shot in an empty warehouse where a wooden crate has burst apart and every fragment hangs suspended in mid-air, the hollow shape of the crate readable in the gap at the centre, the camera making a slow orbit around the suspended pieces so their arrangement in depth is clear, dust hanging in the shafts of light, floor undisturbed

A plaster figure explodes from the chest outward and the legs remain standing. a plaster figure standing in a dim studio, the burst starting at the chest and travelling outward so the torso, arms and head break into fragments that fly out fast in every direction, while the legs and the base stay standing solid and unbroken, the broken edge across the waist clean and bright, plaster dust rolling outward at floor level, locked camera

Only the clothing explodes outward while the person inside stands calmly. a person standing still in a bare corridor wearing a heavy coat, the coat bursting apart into fast-moving fabric fragments that fly outward and away while the person underneath stands completely calm and unharmed in plain clothes, not flinching and not moving, the fabric fragments carrying the weight and the colour of the coat as they tumble away down the corridor, the walls and the floor unmarked, locked camera

One object bursts outward while its stand stays perfectly intact. a tall ceramic vase standing on a plinth in a bright empty gallery, the vase blowing apart in one fast burst so the fragments leave its silhouette evenly in every direction and travel out of frame, the plinth beneath completely untouched with not a mark on it and the walls behind unchanged, the last small chips spinning away, locked camera

A first small burst is followed a beat later by a much larger one. a stack of clay pots on a workshop bench, the top pot bursting apart first in a small fast burst that throws fragments sideways, then a beat later the whole stack bursting in a much larger burst that clears the bench, the two stages clearly separated in time so the sequence reads, the bench and the tools on it unmoved, locked camera

A wide shot where a burst brick wall reassembles from its fragments. a wide shot of a garden brick wall bursting outward in one fast burst that scatters bricks and mortar across the lawn, then the whole burst reversing so every brick travels back along its path and seats itself into a whole unbroken wall again, the last of the mortar dust drawing back into the joints, slow push in

The fragments stop and hang in the shape of the object they left. a wooden chair in a plain room bursting apart in one fast outward burst, then every fragment stopping and hanging still in mid-air a short distance from where it started so the hollow shape of the chair is readable in the gap between them, dust hanging in the light around the suspended pieces, the floor beneath undisturbed, slow orbit

A wide shot where four objects burst one after another along a line. a wide shot of four large clay urns spaced along a stone terrace, each one bursting apart in turn from the far end toward camera with a clear beat between them, the fragments from each burst flying outward across the flagstones and settling before the next one goes, the terrace and the stone railing behind staying completely intact, low evening light raking across the settling dust, locked camera

A burst reverses and the fragments return to rebuild the object. a glazed jug on a kitchen table blowing apart in one fast burst so the fragments spread outward across the frame, then every piece reversing along the exact path it took and closing back into a whole jug standing where it started, the last chip seating itself into the rim, the table and the light unchanged throughout, locked camera