Flame transition effect

A wide burning line travels the frame and leaves a new landscape. a wide shot of dry golden grass under flat sky, a line of orange flame advancing across the whole frame from right to left with black scorch and rising heat shimmer behind it, the firelight flickering on the grass ahead of it, and behind the line the ground is deep green pasture with grazing light, the fire leaving frame left, horizon height matched across the change

A carried flame passes the lens and the corridor becomes a cave. a wide shot of a plain concrete corridor, a hand carrying a burning torch sweeping past close to the lens so the flame fills the frame in a bright smear with its own cast light running along the walls, and once the torch has passed the same framing is a rough stone cave with the torchlight now falling on wet rock, the sweep taking a single beat

One flare of flame whites the lens and the setting changes. a close vertical shot of a match head striking in darkness, the flare blooming forward into the lens until the frame is filled with bright orange and white, the heat visibly bending the air at its edges, then the bloom collapsing back to a small steady flame that is now a gas ring on a stove in a bright kitchen, the darkness gone, hard warm light in both halves

A travelling burn point drags the change across the frame. a close vertical shot of a dark cord laid across a stone floor, a bright point of flame running fast along it from bottom of frame to top with sparks jumping off and a glowing trail behind, and the stone floor on the near side of the travelling flame turning into polished wood parquet as the flame passes over it, the change following the flame exactly

A burning line crosses the lens and a different room follows it. a vertical shot of a dim workshop with tools on a bench, a low line of orange flame sweeping across the lens from left to right at mid height with heat shimmer rippling the air above it, the flame front bright enough to throw moving orange light on everything it passes, and behind the front the same framing is a bright open beach with pale sand, the fire leaving frame right

Flame runs up hanging cloth and another wall is behind it. a vertical shot of a heavy hanging curtain, orange flame climbing the fabric from the bottom hem in a ragged front with the cloth blackening and curling behind it, the flame covering the whole width of frame as it rises, and where the curtain has burned through there is a smooth white gallery wall with a single lit sconce, the firelight fading off the plaster

Flames rise to fill a wide shot and a different night scene remains. a wide shot of a stone fire pit on an empty terrace at night, the flames climbing until they fill the entire frame with churning orange and the heat bending everything behind them, then dropping suddenly to a low bed of embers, and the terrace behind is now a wide open desert camp with the same fire pit at the same spot, star light replacing terrace lamps

A curling burn line eats the frame and reveals another shot. a close vertical shot of a blank sheet of paper filling the frame, an orange burn line starting at the bottom edge and climbing with a glowing curling rim and black ash falling away behind it, the burn eating upward across the whole frame, and through the hole it leaves a person walking through a rainy street at the same scale, the glow fading as the ash clears

A print burns from the centre and live action is behind it. a wide shot of a large paper print of a still lake pinned to a wall, a glowing ember hole opening in the centre and spreading outward with a bright curling rim and ash peeling back, and inside the growing hole the same lake is live with wind moving the water and a small boat crossing it, the burn reaching the frame edges, warm ember light fading to cool daylight

Flame circles a person and they are standing somewhere else after it. a vertical shot of a person standing still on a dark floor, a ring of low orange flame igniting around their feet and climbing in a spiral around their body with heat distortion warping their outline, the spiral closing over their head so the frame is all fire for a beat, then dropping away to leave the same person standing in a sunlit field, the ring gone